i built these quick dissconects today for my 4.5 inch lift. lengthing the stock ones 4.5 inches, and adding hitch pins to make them dissconectable. here are some pics from the build. if you have any questions id be happy to answer them.

 

it would be a lot easier to disconnect and reconnect if you do it JKS style (easy to change too), but good work, i wish i could make a weld look that good..

 

that is sick man! props, i might be doing this mod today! what tubing is that?

 

The only issue I see is the length of sway bar link that's gonna be hanging from from the axle. Good idea though.

 

actually i dont know. i just went to my local metal shop and rooted throught there rems untill i found a peice that woulod slide over the stock sway bar... the measurments are 3/4" OD, 1/2" ID thats what it looked like anyway by measuring it w a tape measure.

 

yea. i see that being a problem too. but they only cost me 6 bucks to make... lol so ill meake a spare set. incase they bend...

 

They look good. If you were to not weld either side, and just codder pin them both, you could take that long added section out when off roading and wouldn't have that problem.

 

ya. i thought about doing that too. if these dont work out. thats problably what ill do.

 

This idea is 100% better than the s***y one i got from rough country they send you the ones for a jk and tell you that its an updated part. They would probably work awsome on a jk.But the angles are all wrong and the mounting bracket they give you is so flimsy i broke it driving down a dirt road (speed was irrelevent) so i had to make new mounts out of 1/4 angle iron very disapointed in RC. You did a great job

 

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thanks guys. i was thinking about maaking these and selling them. what do you think? would you buy them?

 

i like it. submit it to be a write up, this is a great idea, i might even have to use your design, definitely better then some of the others i've seen

 

I might be willing to buy a set, partly cus I can't weld, and don't have the tools to fab them myself.
kinda depends how much you would charge.

 

If you could change the upper mounting design, I think you could definitely sell em.

I wouldn't buy a set, because I have access to all the tools needed to build my own.

 

Does anyone else see any concern with the hitch pin taking the brunt of the load? Could be a moot point, but the shear on that pin is a lot less than the shear of the bottom stud (the part that goes through the endlink). It could be bad if that pin sheared at an inopportune time.