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Extending Your Upper Shock Mounts

Written by Al Bsharah (6/25/00)
Work completed by Steve McKay (aka- BitchinBadAssWelderDude)

To start off simply, this is a stock left front YJ shock mount.  The shock you see there is the longest one that Rancho makes, and requires the adapter you see on top to convert it from the stock post-style to the eye-style.  This adapter lost me a couple inches in itself, and my upward travel was limited severely because the shock was just too big for the setup anyway.  So, it was time to extend this mount upwards!

The very top of this mount was cut off right at the point where it starts to bend inwards.  As well, some of the flat bracing on the front was cut off so the new metal would fit flush.  Two sets of arms were inserted with correct spacing bolted together.  As you can see, spacers were needed to give enough room for the shock tube (see in pictures below...).  Not sure where Steve got these mounts, but they worked rather nicely.  You could easily fabricate your own if you had the right resources.  If you look closely, you'll notice that Steve put small triangular-shaped gussets on the front for stability.

Here's him having at 'em...

Here's the local Osburn Marine (who just got himself a new Jeep)

And here's the before and after shot.  Quite simple, quite elegant, quite easy for a guy like Steve to knock out.  Anyway, this will give me more than ample upward travel that I was hoping for.  Let's just hope it's not so much that I start eating up more sheet metal!

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