leaf swap

[chrwilkins30]

for the explorer swap do i need to get the shackles and the leafs or just the leafs. Also will the stock u bolts and shocks work?

 

[Nathan123]

Everything should be fine and fit. You dont need new shackles, just re use them if they are good enough. My u-bolts fit with about 3 threads sticking up past the nut. If your uncomfortable with that, or you have to cut them off, youll need new ones. I used stock bronco 2 shocks, gabriel ultras, from autozone and they work just fine. You also may need 2 spring center bolts if they break when your trying to flip them. Be prepared to cut all your spring eye bolts (at the shackles and hangers). To put regular grade 8 5/8" bolts in, you need to be able to tighten the nut on the back of the hanger. Buy a cheepy wrench (IIRC 13/16") and cut it off real short so you can slide it in to get on the nut.

 

[chrwilkins30]

do you shink i should be able to remove them in the yard. Also will the u bolts from the explorer work on the b2 if not what is the size of the axle tube in inches.

 

[Shran]

Depends, the new the Ex you pull them from, the less rusty the bolts will be...theoretically. The ONLY thing you need from the Explorer is the springs... your u-bolts, shocks, etc will all work. You need to flip the center pin though.

FYI I had to torch the two sets of leaf springs out that I got... plan on spending several hours there if you can't use the torch method.

 

[RumpRangerSTX]

do you shink i should be able to remove them in the yard. Also will the u bolts from the explorer work on the b2 if not what is the size of the axle tube in inches.

i would not reused u bolts buy new ones do not be cheap and make sure u take some big tools like atlest 1/2 drive and a breaker bar and a must is a hack saw

 

[Nathan123]

The guy that got my explorer springs said he got them off with a snapon cordless impact wrench. I dont know how he had enough clearance for that though. I had to cut all the bolts on my BII when I took the old ones off.

 

[Tb8983]

I use all the bronco 2 nuts bolts shocks and u bolts without issue