Long Travel BS Thread

Yessir, somehow. The major issue now is the tierod hitting the spring

 

Ohhhhh I forgot that second gens have the rack in front, that makes more sense. Maybe they have different length extensions an sent you the wrong ones? From the pics they look pretty close to the same length as mine (first gen +3.5)

 

I’ll have to call and double check. Here’s how they look...

 

Sorry, wrong rod end. Below the spring seat. For 4wd you need an extended one. Hard to see here, but I think it is a 1” extended rod end.

 

This right? Pulled the pic from my midtravel kings

Only issue is I believe those spring seats off my midtravel kings would cause my 18” 700lb spring to be way too compressed. A 16” spring would fit fine with that spring seat though...

 

Found the right spring seat , going to call King. Will work on tie rods at the same time too

 

Extended rod ends. Spring seats are correct

 

I can’t tell if those spring seat ends are the same length as my midtravel ones, or shorter.

Here’s a pic Jim Bob sent me and another buddy with +2

 

Your spring seats are correct. You need extended rod ends like @anthony250f said. If you call King asking for spring seats, you're going to end up with the wrong parts.


Here's mine. I'm running the +2 Baja Kits setup.

 

Roger. I think these are the ends you have: https://www.nexgenoffroad.com/product-p/25005-003.htm length wise.

I have the tie rod ends, just troubleshooting why they don’t fit right when both are on.

 

What do all of you running SUA torque your u-bolts at? The shop that redid my suspension said they torqued them to 150 ft-lb, but I'm wondering if that sounds reasonable.

 

If they are 9/16" then its a tad much if they are 5/8" then its good.

 

Haven't actually measured the diameter. The nut is 22mm.

What would you torque 9/16" at?

 

Tim told me 95lbs for his U bolts.

 

Anyone have a picture of how their limit straps are setup on a second gen? Just double checking this setup.

Passanger side, picture from the back. Believe the spring should be tossed or under the bracket.

 

Thanks. Mine are from @ARCHIVE. I shot him a message before posting here, so just waiting to see what he says.

Spring goes on the other side.

From the Kartek website.

 

Thanks brother

 

Same shit my allpoooooo kit does. You need longer rod ends like everyone has said. These were the shocks "spec'd" for the kit as well

 

"Spec'd" my ass lol. Nothing on this kit is spec'd lol.

Turn too much? CV straight into the shock mount. Needed new top spacers for the King 2.5x8's. blah blah...lol

Do you remember which length rod ends you bought?