OME Shocks with JKS BPE’s
Since I am running rear Old Man Emu ZJ long travel shocks, I had to use the JKS Bar Pin Eliminators on the top to make them work. I also wanted to run the JKS BPE’s on my XJ OME long travel shocks I am running up front. According to JKS, OME shocks will not work with their BPE’s. However, they are wrong. Here’s how.
First thing you want to do is remove the end of the shock you want to add the BPE’s to. In this case, I am doing the bottom of my front shocks:
Removed:
Next, you want to remove the original bar pin from the shocks. What I did was take a screwdriver and put it through one of the bolt holes. On the opposite side i applied some brease to the bar pin to make it slide out easier. Then I took the screwdriver and twisted it back and forth while pulling on it at the same time. It took a little force, but wasn’t too difficult to remove. Here’s the original OME bar pin next to the new JKS BPE:
Now you want to assemble one side of the BPE and apply some grease to it. Push the other end of the BPE through the bushing until it is all the way to the assembled block. In order to assemble the other side, the BPE needs to be rotated 90 degrees from the way it should be installed. This allows you to insert the bolt through the block without any interference from the shock tube. Here it is installed:
Last, you just have to reinstall the shock again:
