HD Over the knuckle build
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From: Aurora, Co
Year: 1995
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HD Over the knuckle build
I got all the parts together for my steering and made a bit of progress this afternoon. I have 1.5" 1/4 wall DOM, 6 3/4" heims, and bunch of other fun stuff. I bought the frame end trackbar bracket from ballistic fab and am going to make my own axle side bracket tomorrow, and finish trackbar. Then hopefully Thursday finish draglink and drive on Friday. Then wheeling it Sunday. The wooden form was made so I can do 4 safety plug welds around the tube in addition to the main weld.
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Year: 1991
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Looking good bro!!
I build my tie rod first, then track bar, then drag link. This makes it easy to get your drag link the correct length.
Lookin forward to seeing it complete.
I build my tie rod first, then track bar, then drag link. This makes it easy to get your drag link the correct length.
Lookin forward to seeing it complete.
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From: Aurora, Co
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
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Originally Posted by hudfabxj
Looking good bro!!
I build my tie rod first, then track bar, then drag link. This makes it easy to get your drag link the correct length.
Lookin forward to seeing it complete.
I build my tie rod first, then track bar, then drag link. This makes it easy to get your drag link the correct length.
Lookin forward to seeing it complete.
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progress looks good.
i did mine, tie rod, drag link..then track bar frame side bracket to make sure the angles were spot on and no bump steer.
i did mine, tie rod, drag link..then track bar frame side bracket to make sure the angles were spot on and no bump steer.
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From: Aurora, Co
Year: 1995
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Originally Posted by TheBlueBeast
Are you going to beef this up and weld it to the frame? or keep it as is?
I do like how beefy your axle side is tho!
I do like how beefy your axle side is tho!
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From: +34° 25' 35.67", -81° 21' 12.04"
Year: 1993
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It's not often someone does something like this without cutting every corner they can.
I did almost the exact same thing you did.
The only thing I wish I would have done differently is attempted to make the trac-bar longer. I wish there was an easier way to get the axle side mount on the other side of the passenger leaf spring.
The only way I see to do that is the move the axle forward a couple inches, move the coil buckets back and build the mount off of the inner C. I've seen that done but it was done that way from a scratch build rather than having to redo everything.
Now, off to find something to complain about.
Last edited by Lowrange2; Oct 11, 2012 at 12:14 PM.
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Originally Posted by lowrange2
I know, I'm shocked too.
It's not often someone does something like this without cutting every corner they can.
I did almost the exact same thing you did.
The only thing I wish I would have done differently is attempted to make the trac-bar longer. I wish there was an easier way to get the axle side mount on the other side of the passenger leaf spring.
The only way I see to do that is the move the axle forward a couple inches, move the coil buckets back and build the mount off of the inner C. I've seen that done but it was done that way from a scratch build rather than having to redo everything.
Now, off to find something to complain about.