Leaf spring woes...

[WrenchMonkey]

Edit: Warning! Old post alert!
I'm just bringing this back up to explain why this didn't work...

Well, the XJ is officially on injured-reserve.

The rear leaves have been sagging for years. I've been running a set of HiJacker air shocks to get back about 2" of lost lift.

They actually worked really well: as the air moved from one shock to the other, they would actually make the rig flex more than it normally would. And I've been amazed at how well they've held up, 18 months and at least a dozen wheeling trips.

Til Saturday.

Now they just won't hold air. It's slow enough that I can't track down the leak, but they'll bleed off 80psi to nothing in a half hour.

Without em, my springs are almost completely flat, even a little S shaped. And losing those 2" is enough to wreck havoc on my driveshaft angles. That's how I blew a ujoint on the maiden voyage with the new engine.

Eventually, I'm gonna need leaf packs, obviously. In the meantime, though, there's something I've wondered about for years, and this is a golden opportunity to try it.

I'm gonna do blocks.