homemade LCA
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From: Chico, CA
Year: 1986
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.3L with headers and full 3" exhaust system
i have had the same rock krawler heim joints for 3 years, never greased them and they are still as tight as the day they were installed.
anything with more than 3 links will bind. but rubber bushings will also bind. i run a wristed radius arm and the only binding is from my trackbar bushing, everything else is a hard joint (gonna replace the trackbar bushing with a joint soon though as i keep wearing them out).
rock crusher makes rearend components, not suspension. unless you mean rock krawler. and they started as a 3 link and are just recently offering a 4 link option.
i would not advise removing one upper on an xj. the body side mounts are uber weak, and i just don't trust a single 10mm bolt keeping my axle in place.
anything with more than 3 links will bind. but rubber bushings will also bind. i run a wristed radius arm and the only binding is from my trackbar bushing, everything else is a hard joint (gonna replace the trackbar bushing with a joint soon though as i keep wearing them out).
rock crusher makes rearend components, not suspension. unless you mean rock krawler. and they started as a 3 link and are just recently offering a 4 link option.
i would not advise removing one upper on an xj. the body side mounts are uber weak, and i just don't trust a single 10mm bolt keeping my axle in place.
Well, I'm happy for you. But there are plenty of people out there that have clicking hiems. It is all in what you want really. My XJ, even though very capable is still a DD and will continue to be no matter what. It needs to be comfortable on 500 mile trips. So, I will stick with rubber. It is not that I can't build it with metal joints, It is just that I don't want the headaches that come with them.
And your right. It is Rock Krawler. Sorry
Last edited by 4.3L XJ; Apr 22, 2009 at 07:44 PM.
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a shot heim has less play than a shot bushing in my experience.
nothing lasts forever. I run bushings at my body end for noise isolation and heims at the axle end to take care of the articulation. the heims have outlasted the bushings
nothing lasts forever. I run bushings at my body end for noise isolation and heims at the axle end to take care of the articulation. the heims have outlasted the bushings
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