new rear leafs

[1crazyxterra]

just got the chevy springs in the rear of the xterra today and the double shackles and im pretty happy with the out come of it before i got about 8 inches of down travel and now im at about 12 1/2 and im loving it just gotta get the drive shaft extended like 3 inches when i slam on the brakes you can feel it pop out then when you hit the gas you feel it pop back in so ya il try and get some pics up in a little bit of it!

[Alpine Spirit]

Pics???

Are you leaking fluid? I dont think you really should be.

[Bill Potter]

just got the chevy springs in the rear of the xterra today and the double shackles and im pretty happy with the out come of it before i got about 8 inches of down travel and now im at about 12 1/2 and im loving it just gotta get the drive shaft extended like 3 inches when i slam on the brakes you can feel it pop out then when you hit the gas you feel it pop back in so ya il try and get some pics up in a little bit of it!

Before you spend your money...use a high lift jack to check your travel, I think you will find that extending the drive shaft is a bad idea. the noise you are hearing is most likely something else.

[1crazyxterra]

okay i tried taking pictures but my camera just took a dump on me so the slip yoke cover on the drive shaft is about an inch out of the trans case and when i jack to get it up a bit you can watch it angle out and when you lower it it gose in angled so ya im gonna bring it in tomorrow and have them extend it out 2 1/2 inches for 40 bucks so why not il try and find a new camera that i can use and get some pics posted up alright

[Bill Potter]

??? Not sure I understand...slip yoke cover? angle out? gose angled?

The reason I recommended you check first was that in some cases when the axle drops the slip yolk will actually travel "in" toward the transfer case. And when the axle travels up the slip yolk will travel "out" away from the transmission. (backward from what most people would guess)

It all depends on where the front of the springs mount in relation to the drive shaft pivot points and how much "arch" is in the springs.

Not knowing your setup (one/two peace drive shaft, front spring hanger position, ect) it would be impossible to guess what you need.

I can tell you that you do not want the slip yolk to "bottom" out, or it will bust things that are not cheap to fix.

[ChefTyler]

Xterra's have a one piece DS from the factory.