Thoughts on U bolt flip

[IronTortoise]

I have been getting hung up a bit too much, and have been looking more closely at the underside of my 94 YJ. I have the boxed style u-bolt skid plates and while they do a good job of protecting the ends of the u-bolts they tend to hang up on things more than I would like. I am getting ready to swap an 8.8 in place of my Dana 35 and have been looking at ways to smooth out the undercarriage. I am thinking a u-bolt flip might be the way to go something like what dynatrac makes. I also want to get anything else out of the way like shock mounts protruding below the axle tube and sway bar end links. I plan on doing the same for my stock Dana 30 in the front at the same time. Thoughts or suggestions?

[ZAEDOCK]

I run a Dynatrac flip in the front and redrilled stock rears (axle moved back). At some point I'll be making rears that emulate the front as well. The Dynatrac kit is a little bit $. I'm a cheap bastid.

Sway bar on a YJ? Toss that biatch away....YJ's run perfectly fine without a sway bar.

[Frank]

Whats a swaybar ? FjR68

[IronTortoise]

Interesting,I plan on ditching the rear track bar. I hadn't thought about ditching the sway bar, but perhaps I should at this point. No more dis-connecting and re-connecting. My rig is no longer my daily driver and sees limited highway time.

How about the shock mounts. They protrude downward below the plane of the axle tube. I have a thought of cutting them off and re-attaching them so that they are level with the bottom of the axle tube. I figure with my lift it might work. Any problems with the geometry anyone can think of?

[Kurt]

Toss the track bars too.
More excessive things that add weight and limit articulation off road,

Show'm to Frank, he's never seen one

[Eve]

Whats a swaybar ? FjR68

No freakin' clue...

[IronTortoise]

Eve Since you have a TJ with coil springs this is not an issue to you.