One item that is over looked when lifting and fitting a short shaft conversion on a Wrangler TJ is the clearance between the rear shock and the spring pad. As tilting the axle upwards to gain correct driveline angle rotates the shock closer to the spring pads. This may not affect the vehicle on the road but once off-road and the TJ starts to articulate you may end up with a bent rear shock.
This can be simply corrected by the use of Rubicon Express rear shock re-location brackets, a simple fit. Below are some pictures showing how they fit and the difference they can make. (The TJ they are being fitted too has a 4.5” lift with short shaft conversion fitted.)
Shock boot touching spring pad.
The Rubicon Express rear shock re-location brackets (fitting hardware included but not shown)
Re-location bracket bolted into place. (Second fixing on the rear not visible in picture)
Shock is moved away from the spring pad.
The brackets are available from FTE 4x4 Specialist's Ltd.
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