ubolt flip kit

[cbrazor1]

hey does any one know where to get u bolt flip kit? dynatrac makes a nice kit but its a little spendy 150.00 per axel , but it is preety nice and well made , if any one knows of another sourse i would appreateate the input

thanks
ray

[SAR Jeeper]

I don't know of another source, but when I was researching them, there were a lot of forum posts about building their own. I'm not a fabricator, so I couldn't do that. It was too expensive for me to flip them.

Another cheaper and easier option would be the ubolt skids.

[cbrazor1]

all right thanks man , the search continues:bonk:

[SAR Jeeper]

Do a post search at cjoffroad.com and at jeepsunlimited.com in their CJ section. Can't tell ya what you'll find in the YJ section, because I didn't search there.

Good luck.

[cbrazor1]

alright il try that , i also found a couple of wright ups in mjr archives , and a few other sites thanks i certainly give them a look see what i find

[NAILER341]

are you lookin' to do the front or rear?
the rear is easy... the front takes a bit of work because of the interference with the diff.

[cbrazor1]

both, if possible i saw your post in the archives the ones you made looked good , how did they work

[NAILER341]

both, if possible i saw your post in the archives the ones you made looked good , how did they work

they worked great.
i used them until very recently when i went to coil-overs.
i never had any trouble with them.
the front was not a u bolt flip. i just streamlined the mount a bit, and brought the bolts up out of the rocks.



i'm not sure of the manufacturer, but there is someone making something similar to this ^^^^ for the rear of your jeep.





the top plate on this ^^^^ is 3/8" thick plate with 1/4" thick tube cut to keep it seated correctly on the axle tube.
it is heavy material, but it worked well and kept up with the heavy torque i put on it to keep from breaking the centering pins.

the bottom plate is 3/16" steel with 3/8" thick pieces welded to it to keep everything located as i wanted it, and act as a skid of sorts for the u bolts.

it worked great for a few years, and took a hell of a lot of abuse.

let me know if you have any questions on this and i'll do my best to answer them for you.

[cbrazor1]

wow thats some very good work thats what im looking for ,like i said dynatrac makes some very good kits very much like what youve done .but there just to spendy 150.00 an axel . well maybe il attempt to fab some . yea il probly be asking for advise
thank you
Ray

[Mitch]

Ray,

I did a run today with "Dirtman13" (Chuck) and he has u-bolt skids under his leaf springs. They look clean and offer lots of protection. I hit the threads and bent a couple of my u-bolts today (along with my diffs, my shock mounts...) and plan to buy 4 of these from "4 wheel parts" very soon. This is an easy fix for me cause I'm not the creative / fab kinda guy.

Mitch

[cbrazor1]

yea thanks mitch il look in to those

[aston]

JKS makes high clearance spring plates. They are well made, I used them for a while untill I went SOA...

http://store.jksmfg.com/merchant2/me...de=Leaf_Spring

[cbrazor1]

hey those jks plates are cool but theyonly fit the cj springs

[aston]

hey those jks plates are cool but theyonly fit the cj springs

I had a set that fit the 2.5" wide YJ springs...

[cbrazor1]

realy did u get them fromthat site