Re: Soaring Eagles - Lift Kit

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: C'mon down and we'll do the showdown with the lowdown before sundown. PS: 
Many CJ lifts end up with frontshackles crossbarred to keep them from 
swaying and sashaying off the highway!


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From: "malcolm mcclendon" <amceagleman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: lift kit for eagles
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 19:44:49 -0700

I would like to get a lift kit for my 1984 eagle. Does any one if
there is one that i can buy or am i going to have to put it on a new
frame. if any one can give me any help it would be greatly
appreciated.

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ok - how high ?

Are you planning 32" Gumbies ?

When you begin to pump up the front end,
you'll run out of front drive shaft spline -
so  GM shaft units  are substituted -
they may be Eldorado or Toronado units.

Jim  B. is on the Eagle list - so you
might join up @ yahoogroups.com
to tap his knowledge of front drive
interchange parts.

When you decide how high you want to
go -
bigger front springs from Eaton or Espo
will do nicely - tell them what you want
and you'll do it right.

On the Eagle - rear springs are already on top
of the Axel - so you'll need new springs
with the correct arch to do it properly
and have a SAFE highway going Eagle.

I AM NOT  a fan of large SHACKLES -
as these FAIL and you'll die at highway
speeds.......  all you shackle LUhVERS
need not get your pants tight on this
topic 'cause shackles were never
designed to handle highway speeds
and cornering loads.  You can do
what you like in your CJ in the woods -
but skip coming for support
for SHACKLES on the STREET.

Putting a 3600+ lb. Eagle on
some long strips of metal &
sending it out to do 75mph
manuvers - is a knowledge
base I would conjecture
most lack beyond their
Budwisers..

Buy correctly arched AND
correct STRENGTH springs for
the back - and correct length
 springs for the front.

It is way old knowledge from street
racing days of the late 60s - passed
down over the years - that shackles
are NOT to be run on the street -
yeah ...... one of our own Died in
the roll over - flip - when the shackle
sheared -
and as for your Space Shuttle Materials
etc. - "Have a Nice Day".


             Brien.
         NEW YORK
   eagle registry #501


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