Body Mount Question

[jay79cj7]

Today was a big day. A buddy and I moved the YJ tub into the garage, and set it onto the frame! Now to bolt it down...

I bought a body mount kit and it came with the upper and lower cushions and the sleeve/washer things. The sleeves are taller than the mounts, so they stick out on one end, making for a loose fit. If I just bolt it down as it is, the body will be able to move up that 1/8 - 1/4" that the sleeve sticks out. I drew a picture to better describe it.

http://www.jeepz.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/378/sort/2/cat/500/page/1
Cushions are red, frame is black, sleeve is blue.

What do I do about this? Find a washer that slides over the sleeve to take up that extra room? Cut the sleeve off to shorten it? I would really hesitate to start cutting, and I can't find washers with a 1" hole in the middle!

I figure that somebody must have done this before...

Thanks for reading.

Jay

 

[Snitty]

RE: Rear Locking Diff, on a CJ?!?!

i'd say to just cut them down. or instead of washers, use some hockey pucks, and drill them out as need be.. get some lift out of the deal

 

[laneiac]

RE: Rear Locking Diff, on a CJ?!?!

Cut em down, just like snitty said.

 

[jay79cj7]

RE: Cheap 4X4

I figured I'd get most votes for the "brute force method."

or instead of washers, use some hockey pucks, and drill them out as need be.. get some lift out of the deal

I could do that, but I just bought this body mount kit and I don't feel like throwing all the main parts away. (Top cushion is what you would replace to lift.)

Thanks for the replies guys. I am a little gun shy to just start chopping, so I will look around a little more. How come nothing "ready to install" ever goes on easy?

 

[jay79cj7]

RE: Re: RE: Just got back from Moab

I ended up finding some washers that fit at Ace. Worked like a charm, from what I can tell.