99 lifted Yukon suspension ?

[Grey99]

99 obs Denali lift

So new here to Tyf site and my first Yukon, worked on quite a few obs trucks n suv's just never owned one, anywho..... Brings me to a few questions for who might know have delt with this. ( I'll post a pic of the xmember)
It has a 6" superlift on 35" the problem I'm having is the crossmember is held on by a "J" link sorta from the factory location upper inside frame rail, to the "hanging" crossmember that holds the torsion-bars.. Has a getto safety link( 12awg wire) holding it as-if it'll do something if I lose a bolt. I'm thinking of fab'n up a bracket to mount directly to the frame rail and this xmember. This lift safe as-is or??

Question two, I wanna ditch the blocks in the reAr and throw some ord shackle flips, but my rig isn't listed, I know a lot of these are the same and haven't gotten out and actually measured some other truck and/or burb rear rails. So will this http://offroaddesign.com/catalog/shacklekit.htm part#GU48010 or ?

Thanks

 

[Grey99]

Well first post got deleted eaither by mods or idk, but got out this morning and got some pictures of what I was trying to explain, it's a 99 obs Yukon 1/2ton 6" superlift with a fair amount of miles on the lift. My worries are the xmember at question because every other lift (ifs) mounts the xmember directly to the frame with a bolt/weld on tab. This one uses a "j" bracket from factory mount (upper inside frame rails) to lower the xmember to where it sits. It's super loose with like ( 1/4") play side to side and I feel this is u healthy, I've ordered new bushings as these ones look whooped but it still looks a little under-engineered for the weight of the truck? Any info would be cool if someone's ran this and had or not had problems. Thanks.


Here's a link to a few pictures of the link in question, lmk if it works
http://s447.photobucket.com/user/ha...Uploads/image_zps99opp9wv.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

 

[yates ™]

Your first post was the first in the list under this post in the lifted suspension section, these threads are now merged.

 

[SunlitComet]

i would try the new bushings first and if still an issue then contact superlift again.

 

[Grey99]

Your first post was the first in the list under this post in the lifted suspension section, these threads are now merged.

Yeah it didn't show any text in it this am when I checked it

i would try the new bushings first and if still an issue then contact superlift again.

Yeah I mean I figure they engineered it for its purpose.. Just doesn't look addiquit but I also over-engineer most stuff I build so we'll see how it rides once the bushing get here.



Another question for the rear, I wanna ditch the blocks, anyone know done a ord shackle flip on these? Will the 88-98 truck work? I haven't had a chance to get out and measure, been cleaning n double checking all the things under her, here's a link it's part# GU48010
http://offroaddesign.com/catalog/shacklekit.htm

 

[bowtiefreak]

Like sunlit said, swap the bushings and see what happens. Next option is but a spare from Rough country or some one and use theirs