Looking for suggestion on bolt-on SOA kits. Need one for my '85 CJ-7. Who
has what. Why is this kit better than that one? Where to buy the kit?

Please help me with this project. Not any good local shop to help me out.

TIA

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Chuck

I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian

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Chuck wrote:

Rocky-road outfitters sells a bolt-on SOA kit for YJ. May work on CJ too,
not sure. www.rocky-road.com

Carl


"Chuck" <kb9kfs (AT) sbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote

Thanks for the reply Earle. The wussy comment wasn't really needed though.
I like my CJ.

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Chuck

I didn't fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian
"Earle Horton" <nurse--NOSPAM--busters (AT) msn (DOT) com> wrote

CJs have wussy narrow leaf springs. The Rocky Road site says:

"CJ owners, we are looking for Jeeps to Prototype bolton SPOA's for your
vehicles. If you live in the Salt Lake/Wasatch Front area and want a free
suspension for letting us use it to prototype.... and perhaps other items
like bumpers, skidplates, rock sliders, etc.... please email us in this
regard."

This looks like a not-too-bad deal to me.

Earle

"Carl" <carlsaiyed (AT) hotmailREMOVE (DOT) com> wrote



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At least the CJ's wussy leaf springs have a positive arch in them unlike
the Yuppie Jeeps flat saggy leafs that one usually sees with an inverted
arch....

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
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Earle Horton wrote:

Hi Earle,
Do you have thirteen leaves per axle side:
http://www.apple.queensu.ca/CJ3B/Pho...ationChart.gif
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Earle Horton wrote:

Bill,

Every built up CJ that I have seen, looks as if it is going to topple
sideways, when those all too narrow leaves yank the spring bushings right
out of their sockets.

Earle

"L.W.(Bill) Hughes III" <billhughes (AT) cox (DOT) net> wrote


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Earle, that is the purpose of the spring over eh. He uses the stock
springs and still gets the lift....

Besides, CJ's don't fall off their springs... That's a trick reserved
for TJ's... ;-)

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
(More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

Earle Horton wrote:

Hi Earle,
Well, they were designed to use backhoes, post hole digger,
Fork-lift, mowers,
http://www.apple.queensu.ca/CJ3B/Lit...SpecEquip.html And without
your track bar, they probably do oscillate around to better crawl over
rocks.
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Earle Horton wrote: