Just a thought on the clevis

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:53 pm

I was thinking today while looking at pictures of the clevis, Why has no one come up with a new stlye clevis with the top of it a little higher wall. This would get rid of the conduits and maybe add extra security to the clevis and strut?

I am worried that the strut head will come out..........Any thoughts?

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:07 pm

the strut is very unlikely to come back out since IIRC it is supposed to be torqued to 100 ft-lbs

tonycrd · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:12 pm

Would you buy a $100 (at least) extended clevis if you can do the same thing for $3?

Rock Krawler made them.

DryBones · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:06 pm

tonycrd wrote:

Would you buy a $100 (at least) extended clevis if you can do the same thing for $3?

Rock Krawler made them.

possibly if I knew the entire clevis clamped to the strut and not just the top half. how accurate is the 100 ft/lbs if its not being applied to the entire length of the clamp area?

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:05 pm

DryBones wrote:

tonycrd wrote:

Would you buy a $100 (at least) extended clevis if you can do the same thing for $3?

Rock Krawler made them.

possibly if I knew the entire clevis clamped to the strut and not just the top half. how accurate is the 100 ft/lbs if its not being applied to the entire length of the clamp area?

My point EXACTLY!
My worrie was the clamp to strut. I just think with the strut halfway out of the clamp, it is boarderline unsafe. I know you guys who have done it and never had any issues. This is just a concern to me when I have my LIL man with me.

kskj · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:09 pm

Even when you add three conduit nuts your only raising the stut 3/8 to 7/16ths of an inch so the clevis sleave is on the strut a few inches.

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:19 pm

all of this is kind of funny in a way,
here some are worried that doing a small clevis lift will let the shock fall out and others are stacking OTTs on top of OME or Rustys springs and trying all kinds of crazy stuff and you all drive on the same roads, wonder if any one is safe :shock:

Sorry just laughing at it not that I do not agree to a point

LIV42DY · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:01 pm

Just have a machine shop cut a few of these out for you and call it a day

conduits dont look professional

Here is my measurements the same way I gave it to the machine shop.
I had a spare set made, one pair 3/8" and another 1/4".

built for Stock, Ranchos and OME

omGoddard · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:23 pm

Wow ^^^^ Very nice. How much? I'd be down for a set.

LIV42DY · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:43 pm

omGoddard wrote:

Wow ^^^^ Very nice. How much? I'd be down for a set.

dont know he never charged me, his son works for a local auto shop in the area and I installed a lift on his KJ, last year, thats when I found out his dad was a machinist, I drew it up and he made them, Just whent back to see him last week and presented him with the lower rear isolator pads, you know everyone says not to add an extra to the lower part of the spring, well I figured I know the reason why, so he is making a set that will look exactly like the loweres in steel, then you can place the rubber ones over that for the extra lift when running OME's and the spring will stay in place, I may have to pay for these, dont know yet. You can take the drwing I posted to any shop and see what they say. That is the exact one he used to make mine.

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:45 pm

LIV42DY wrote:

Just have a machine shop cut a few of these out for you and call it a day

conduits dont look professional

Here is my measurements the same way I gave it to the machine shop.
I had a spare set made, one pair 3/8" and another 1/4".

built for Stock, Ranchos and OME

Pretty nifty what you got there.
how much did that cost ya?
I would be willing to do that. Just to give my KJ a little more lift. I miss the Frankie but not the problems that ONLY I RAN INTO!

Dave08 · **Joined:** Fri Nov 02, 2007 4:17 pm **Posts:** 250

That design still has the exact same change in leverage as simply lifting the clevis or adding nuts.

RAYMAN975 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:57 pm

my buddys dad owns a machine shop and made me a set identical to those

3x8"x3/8" ring

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:00 pm

Dave08 wrote:

That design still has the exact same change in leverage as simply lifting the clevis or adding nuts.

Yea, but in my eyes it looks like a solid flat surface unlike conduit rings.
I am not looking down on this conduit lift, I am simply thinking a slightly higher clevis wall cuff would be better. May cost a lot but just the way I am thinking about safty

LIV42DY · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:00 pm

RAYMAN975 wrote:

my buddys dad owns a machine shop and made me a set identical to those

3x8"x3/8" ring

Read my post above, take the lower isolators and have him make replicas out of steel. dont have to tell you why

LIV42DY · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:03 pm

Dave08 wrote:

That design still has the exact same change in leverage as simply lifting the clevis or adding nuts.

I know that , but to me, and dont take it wrong, conduit nuts look cheap and un professional. I had the resources so I took it a step further.

jeepkj02 · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:05 pm

Can you check to see if the #'s are correct.

LIV42DY · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:15 pm

jeepkj02 wrote:

Can you check to see if the #'s are correct.

Take a look at my drawing you got it right. Good job.

LIV42DY · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:17 pm

Jeep Dawg wrote:

LIV42DY wrote:

Just have a machine shop cut a few of these out for you and call it a day

conduits dont look professional

Here is my measurements the same way I gave it to the machine shop.
I had a spare set made, one pair 3/8" and another 1/4".

built for Stock, Ranchos and OME

Pretty nifty what you got there.
how much did that cost ya?
I would be willing to do that. Just to give my KJ a little more lift. I miss the Frankie but not the problems that ONLY I RAN INTO!

I know I followed your posts , I cant beleive you had that many issue with it. Are you ever going back?

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:22 pm

LIV42DY wrote:

Jeep Dawg wrote:

LIV42DY wrote:

Just have a machine shop cut a few of these out for you and call it a day

conduits dont look professional

Here is my measurements the same way I gave it to the machine shop.
I had a spare set made, one pair 3/8" and another 1/4".

built for Stock, Ranchos and OME

Pretty nifty what you got there.
how much did that cost ya?
I would be willing to do that. Just to give my KJ a little more lift. I miss the Frankie but not the problems that ONLY I RAN INTO!

I know I followed your posts , I cant beleive you had that many issue with it. Are you ever going back?

Yea it SUX that the problems that I had. My KJ nolonger look EVIL! But it stays muddy.....

I am planning on going back to a lift. Just gonna really think it out and figure what I am going to do.
Now I see shaved CV half safts and tomwood Shafts I gotta rais enough money and do it RIGHT the 2nd time.

Just a thought on the clevis

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