johncanfield said:
With it on the lift, he was concerned about the length of the front driveshaft - it was compressed all the way and suggested I get the splines lengthened allowing it to compress more, or use longer control arms allowing the front axle to stay more forward when it drops. There is no driveshaft shop in town - the nearest one is an hour away so I guess I'll look into longer control arms. I have an acetylene torch and a mig/stick welder (I'm not an accomplished welder, just okay), so I suppose I can tackle that project
Welcome to ROF!!!
(3 weeks ago... I've been busy lately and not online as much.

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I'm a little confused by this part of your post.
With 3" of lift adjustable control arms would be ideal but you wouldn't be lengthening them that much any way.
I have a little over 2" and my lower arms are set to 1/8" longer than stock - maybe.
I guess I haven't heard of people bottoming out their front drive shaft with a 3" lift and stock arms.
That combo is so common around here, I would think the topic of "front drive shaft adjustability" would
come up more often if it was a problem.
I appreciate your can-do attitude, you'll fit right in around here, but just out of curiosity,
how do you plan to address this [perceived] problem with your stick welder?!?! :wink:
EDIT: As mentioned, I have 2.5" of lift or so, and I just pull the bolt out of the brake line
bracket when I disconnect, which isn't very often.
This isn't the "right" way to deal with this issue, but I always seem to find other places
for my jeep money to go...