EVO leveling kit questions

[CarolinaJK]

Yeah the bottoms unbolted [emoji52]

 

[mds22]

Do you have the bottom un-bolted? Leave the bottom un-bolted and use two wrenches on the top.

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^^^this. I held the top wrench in place and twisted the bottom as shown in his picture. (Very nice finger pointer by the way)

 

[USMC Wrangler]

^^^this. I held the top wrench in place and twisted the bottom as shown in his picture. (Very nice finger pointer by the way)

Yep, me too.

Finger pointer is courtesy of some iPad app I have. :yup:

 

[CarolinaJK]

I finished it, however the top nut doesnt hold the shock into its place at all. It can still come out of that top hole if not compressed..?

 

[USMC Wrangler]

Threads stripped or accidentally tried installing the wrong nut? Sorry if I sound like Mr. Obvious. Hard to help from here, sorry...

 

[CarolinaJK]

Yeah I made sure it was the right nut and nothing was stripped. Kinda freaks me out that the shock could just come out if it's not compressed on the body.

 

[USMC Wrangler]

Weird. Something isn't right. Any other Jeepers nearby you to take a look?

 

[CarolinaJK]

A few, but I have to drive it about 20 miles in the morning. Took it around the block and everything seems to drive fine, but still sketchy in my book.

 

[mds22]

Yeah I made sure it was the right nut and nothing was stripped. Kinda freaks me out that the shock could just come out if it's not compressed on the body.

Something is definitely not right, get that checked out. Good luck, update after I'm curious.

 

[CarolinaJK]

Apparently the top gasket had fallen out without my knowing and was wedged in my engine compartment. The nut was just small enough to allow the shock to come out of the mount, thus my problem!

 

[USMC Wrangler]

So it's all squared away now?

 

[CarolinaJK]

So it's all squared away now?

Yeah! Everything rides perfectly. I'm a good bit nose-high even with the 1/4 pounder. Gonna put the rear on next week. Thanks for everyone's help and opinions!

 

[USMC Wrangler]

Yeah! Everything rides perfectly. I'm a good bit nose-high even with the 1/4 pounder. Gonna put the rear on next week. Thanks for everyone's help and opinions!

Great! (Pics or it didn't happen!)

 

[CarolinaJK]

Oh it so did happen [emoji57]

 

[CarolinaJK]

(Pardon the clean Jeep, it'll be dirty tomorrow) [emoji23]

 

[BABOOZLE]

Jeep looks good. I saw it at the meet tonight. I was wondering if you got it fixed. It appears that you have.

 

[CarolinaJK]

Jeep looks good. I saw it at the meet tonight. I was wondering if you got it fixed. It appears that you have.

Thanks! It's all buttoned up for now. Going to level the rear next week as it's squatting quite a bit.

 

[BABOOZLE]

Thanks! It's all buttoned up for now. Going to level the rear next week as it's squatting quite a bit.

It did have a little Carolina squat going on. Lol. I wish I would have gotten that 1/4 pounder you have. It looks super solid.

 

[CarolinaJK]

Oh it definitely is. It's just currently waiting for a winch haha!

 

[CarolinaJK]

Finally got the rear spacers on and it certainly leveled it out nicely.