88 XJ "lil TANK"
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From: Washington
Year: 1988
Model: Cherokee
Engine: I6
Originally Posted by wokkerk
Did you use a nut and a bolt to release them or did you do the pin with a cotter pin?
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Year: 1988
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Originally Posted by odgreen89on35s
Vancouver wa. I have no idea where pasco is lol
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From: some small town oregon
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by rey7
Ive heard of good trails out there in Van. Pasco is 45 min east of Yakima
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Originally Posted by odgreen89on35s
Meh there isn't any legal trails near here. I just stick to browns camp. That's my second home lol
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Originally Posted by rey7
Second home huh lol I just might have to look it up, maybe take a camping trip out this summer
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Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 litre
EDIT: The process photos didnt load..uploaded them after this post.
So had to start over on my swaybar link brackets, and this is what I started with.
A toyota block spacer.
Used a angle grinder to cut out the pieces I needed from the block spacer.(using grinder because its sunday and the plasma cutter ran out of O²)
This is the first chunk I grinded out.
Now, the block spacer has 2 diff. Sized squares on each side. I used the small squares so the link would fit inside it as tight as possible.
Like so...
I flipped the block to cut out the small square on the other side.
Heres the two bracket cut outs.
Then I drilled the holes for the link bolt that hooks up with the swaybar. And the holes for the clevis pins to hold the actual link.
Drilled a pilot hole first with a small titanium bit forgot what size, after I bored out the hole with a 1/2 titanium drill bit.
The result.....
The final product on the left side...
Attachment 113797
And on the right side.
Attachment 113798
They look pretty beefy right!?
I don't have a lot of money so I save where I can. All I spent was $20 on the two links.(grand cherokee rear swaybar links) awesome length if you wanna lift your rig and have swaybar connected for safe onroad driving. Im at 3-4" lift and when I get a proper 6.5 lift I can still use these same links. I did spend $15 on hardware. So total just $35 for a beefy quick disco setup. Cheapest quick discos I found online were $70 so saved my self a little more than half tank of gas! Lol
What do you guys think?
So had to start over on my swaybar link brackets, and this is what I started with.
A toyota block spacer.
Used a angle grinder to cut out the pieces I needed from the block spacer.(using grinder because its sunday and the plasma cutter ran out of O²)
This is the first chunk I grinded out.
Now, the block spacer has 2 diff. Sized squares on each side. I used the small squares so the link would fit inside it as tight as possible.
Like so...
I flipped the block to cut out the small square on the other side.
Heres the two bracket cut outs.
Then I drilled the holes for the link bolt that hooks up with the swaybar. And the holes for the clevis pins to hold the actual link.
Drilled a pilot hole first with a small titanium bit forgot what size, after I bored out the hole with a 1/2 titanium drill bit.
The result.....
The final product on the left side...
Attachment 113797
And on the right side.
Attachment 113798
They look pretty beefy right!?
I don't have a lot of money so I save where I can. All I spent was $20 on the two links.(grand cherokee rear swaybar links) awesome length if you wanna lift your rig and have swaybar connected for safe onroad driving. Im at 3-4" lift and when I get a proper 6.5 lift I can still use these same links. I did spend $15 on hardware. So total just $35 for a beefy quick disco setup. Cheapest quick discos I found online were $70 so saved my self a little more than half tank of gas! Lol
What do you guys think?
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Originally Posted by cherokeeindian256
good job! i like it.. what kind of gc did you get the links? does the clevis pin fit tight in the swaybar link? cause i have to do this if it doesnt make my ride worse than store bought ones