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06-03-2014, 02:47 PM
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Chill, bro. I thought limiting straps were to keep the coils from falling out. If you're going to put a lift in and then limit the articulation it seems foolish to me. Replace the drive shaft, move the exhaust back, or use spacers if your not going to use it. I was just asking a question.
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no harm meant brother.Ask long as you have good control arms and track bars, etc, your shocks are your limiters. On a Joe Blow, run of the mill rig like 99% of the people on this forum have, it's perfectly fine and safe to run that way. On a really heavy duty and or fast (racing) rig, you have to run straps or you will destroy your shocks.
06-03-2014, 02:48 PM
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JK Jedi
What don't you understand? Get under your jeep and look at the black rubber boot on your front drive shaft. look how close it is to the exhaust crossover. When you lift, it gets closer at rest. If you lift with longer shocks, like any lift should, when you articulate the drivers side tire down at all, the driveshaft will hit the exhaust and damage the driveshaft and potentially your transfer case.
Limiting straps are stupid as hell BTW. Running just one one the side is a good way to get yourself killed on the interstate on a big rise or dip.
Limiting straps are stupid as hell BTW. Running just one one the side is a good way to get yourself killed on the interstate on a big rise or dip.
06-03-2014, 02:50 PM
#1343
JK Jedi
Chill, bro. I thought limiting straps were to keep the coils from falling out. If you're going to put a lift in and then limit the articulation it seems foolish to me. Replace the drive shaft, move the exhaust back, or use spacers if your not going to use it. I was just asking a question.
06-03-2014, 02:58 PM
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06-03-2014, 03:32 PM
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I understand what they do. I've had them on Jeeps, cars, trucks. I'm saying running just one on one side only on a street vehicle is dangerous because if it "limits" on the highway on a dip or rise, it can and will upset the vehicle to the point of losing control. It's almost as dangerous as driving with a broken or missing shock.
06-03-2014, 03:37 PM
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JK Jedi
You must have bad highways down there as you would have to have 5"+ of drop off for the strap to even be a factor. A proper set up would be 4 or 6 straps depending on the set up but only running them at the differential shouldn't be dangerous.
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06-03-2014, 03:45 PM
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Yeah the roads are bad here, but if he could droop 5" he wouldn't need the strap. He can't really droop any with a decent lift. And on a soft suspension vehicle, 5" of suspension movement on a big dip or rise is nothing uncommon.
06-03-2014, 05:28 PM
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JK Jedi
He was implying drop offs or holes 5" deep if i read that right..
06-03-2014, 05:38 PM
#1350
JK Jedi
So, just how much can you droop an axle on the 2012+ models before the driveshaft hits? I have never seen that mentioned. I mean even replacing the driveshaft will only give you mb 1.5" of extra droop. Is anyone actually doing any real long travel building on the newer models or are they all just bolting on stuff?