anyone make their own hiem joint steering linkage or panhard bar?
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From: Rockville VA
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anyone make their own hiem joint steering linkage or panhard bar?
been thinking about buying some DOM and joints and making my own trackbar/panhard bar. Anyone have any experience with making the brackets to accept the new joints?
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Yes, it's been done before.
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Made my own steering and panhard bar too
The time you would have in fabbing the brackets you would be better of buying the ruff stuff brackets for 40$ a peice.
Actually, get everything from them unless you can get a better price on DOM.
Ruff stuff 7/8" heims and their over the axle and frame side brackets are the shiz.
Do some research. Or go to fabrication and scroll down until you find my one ton steering build.
Read through it. It's got alot of good info and towards the end is when I build the panhard bar
The time you would have in fabbing the brackets you would be better of buying the ruff stuff brackets for 40$ a peice.
Actually, get everything from them unless you can get a better price on DOM.
Ruff stuff 7/8" heims and their over the axle and frame side brackets are the shiz.
Do some research. Or go to fabrication and scroll down until you find my one ton steering build.
Read through it. It's got alot of good info and towards the end is when I build the panhard bar
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Made my own steering and panhard bar too The time you would have in fabbing the brackets you would be better of buying the ruff stuff brackets for 40$ a peice. Actually, get everything from them unless you can get a better price on DOM. Ruff stuff 7/8" heims and their over the axle and frame side brackets are the shiz. Do some research. Or go to fabrication and scroll down until you find my one ton steering build. Read through it. It's got alot of good info and towards the end is when I build the panhard bar
The time you would have in fabbing the brackets you would be better of buying the ruff stuff brackets for 40$ a peice. Actually, get everything from them unless you can get a better price on DOM. Ruff stuff 7/8" heims and their over the axle and frame side brackets are the shiz. Do some research. Or go to fabrication and scroll down until you find my one ton steering build. Read through it. It's got alot of good info and towards the end is when I build the panhard bar
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everyone was new at some point xjlimited don't take it offensively. assuming that i don't know what i am doing was pretty harsh considering you have no idea. xj wonders you did a awesome job, did you drill out the factory tapered balljoint hole? and what do you have running through it now?
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everyone was new at some point xjlimited don't take it offensively. assuming that i don't know what i am doing was pretty harsh considering you have no idea. xj wonders you did a awesome job, did you drill out the factory tapered balljoint hole? and what do you have running through it now?
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