Making a bastard pack.

[Bigbike]

So Ill be making a bastard pack on Sunday hopefully. Do I need to get a longer centering pin for stock leaves? Are they just grade 8 bolts? Do I need new leaf clamps? Can I get those at Autozone or something? Anything else I ned to know?

[wannabejeep]

I'm pretty sure I remember a while back Drew was trying to make centering pins from grade 8 bolts. He said he had to grind the bolt head round in order for it to fit.

[crosbike]

I have seen hose clamps used as leaf spring clamps and grade 8 bolts are fine. 5/16 should work.

[Trailer Ray]

autozone has them but theyre 20 bucks for two.. cheap and easy to fab some up.

[Trailer Ray]

I have seen hose clamps used as leaf spring clamps and grade 8 bolts are fine. 5/16 should work.

ive seen this too but how good does it work? i would figure a hose clamp wouldnt hold them together all that well

[Ktmracer419]

So Ill be making a bastard pack on Sunday hopefully. Do I need to get a longer centering pin for stock leaves? Are they just grade 8 bolts? Do I need new leaf clamps? Can I get those at Autozone or something? Anything else I ned to know?

i use grade 8 allen head bolts when I can

or just grind some bolt heads down

I have seen hose clamps used as leaf spring clamps and grade 8 bolts are fine. 5/16 should work.

5/16" is stock

re is 3/8"
not sure about other aftermarket packs

[CSaddict]

I used regular hex head bolts and ground them down on the bench grinder.

[Even]

I tried to find longer center pins, and the only way levines could get the size I needed was to order a whole box

I would just grind down the heads of some grade 8 bolts.

[XJtheXtremeJeep]

I used the allen cap screws they worked good and didn't have to grind em down

[ninetysix-ex-jay]

I used the allen cap screws they worked good and didn't have to grind em down

x2 and they are grade 8

[clean4drxj]

we used allens on 4bangerYJ's springs because the original ones broke when we took his axle out..

[YJCrawler19]

if you're looking for center pins you might also want to check at Perraults in Waterbury... they might be able to hook you up

[TheDude]

Superior Spring.

RM

[Hydra]

if you're looking for center pins you might also want to check at Perraults in Waterbury... they might be able to hook you up

theyve got a shit ton of them, last time i went he gave me one for free cuz the thread were kinda smooshed, took it home and chased em, worked great

[hippie metal]

I'm pretty sure I remember a while back Drew was trying to make centering pins from grade 8 bolts. He said he had to grind the bolt head round in order for it to fit.

This. Is exactly what I did because one of them snapped and it was too late for any of the parts stores to be open. Worked perfect still no problems