44s & a 3 link

[XJLI]

good call blaming jersey

 

[rockclimber]

Yup, johnny joint, and then the upper is 3/4 ruff stuff heims which are still good. I was shocked at first too, i thought it was loose jam nuts, so i cranked them down as hard as i could, and the clunk was still there.

I think it may be from road salt/mud/new jersey toxins. lol

do you lubricate your heims? I use silicone spray on my panhard heims as often as I am down there, seems like cheap insurance.

 

[twodoorXJ]

do you lubricate your heims? I use silicone spray on my panhard heims as often as I am down there, seems like cheap insurance.

I use tri flow on the heims.

 

[VAhasnoWAVES]

I use tri flow on the heims.

i can attest that that is good stuff.

so both the lowers wore out prematurely?

 

[twodoorXJ]

Yeah, lowers are clunking, but the uppers are good.

 

[XJLI]

im gonna go try flow all my heims now

 

[Lowrange2]

Where do you get tri-flow from? Order it? My parts stores don't sell it.

 

[XJLI]

Where do you get tri-flow from? Order it? My parts stores don't sell it.

bike stores. like, pedal bikes.. not braaap braaap bikes.

 

[Lowrange2]

Does silicone based lubricant spray work just as well or is Tri-Flow the only way to go?

 

[XJLI]

the silicone prob works just as well. the tri flow is cool bc its a 'dry' lube.. so it keeps stuff lube'd without attracting dirt and such. its used primarily on bike chains.

 

[Lowrange2]

Ah, that'd be cool if I didn't already have fluids leaking all over the place.

 

[ktm racer 419]

the only heims ive ever worn out were because when flexed my trackbar hit my bracket and put a lil stress on the heim.

7/8's is small for lowers IMO.

 

[twodoorXJ]

Edit....theyre 1.25s... Not 7/8s, had no idea what i was thinking there for a second.

 

[Dundy]

Edit....theyre 1.25s... Not 7/8s, had no idea what i was thinking there for a second.

Better check my heims once I get my Jeep going again!

 

[twodoorXJ]

I was going to put in my shackle relocation brackets, but got lazy, instead i put a bend in my LCAs with a harbor freight 12 ton pipe bender, and i was lacking some downtravel in the rear, so i added some 2x2 square tubing under the mounts.

Finally fixed me welder. Shit works mint.

My indestructable 35+ old bench vice broke

First tested it on some extra tubing i had laying around

Perfect clearence.

 

[ktm racer 419]

ihave the 16 ton pipe bender. works great for slight bends in some heavier tubing.

what are your lowers made of?

 

[twodoorXJ]

ihave the 16 ton pipe bender. works great for slight bends in some heavier tubing.

what are your lowers made of?

2 inch outer diameter .250 wall DOM.

And yeah i was suprised how well it worked

 

[beakie]

2 inch outer diameter .250 wall DOM.

And yeah i was suprised how well it worked

worked that well did it? I have 2"OD x 3/8"wall DOM lowers that I was deciding whether to clearance the frame rails, or try and bend... didn't think the tube kinker would work that well.
good to hear.

 

[VAhasnoWAVES]

do you think you would need a bend in the lowers if the axle was full width instead of waggy?

 

[Lowrange2]

My guess would be no. I run the same axle as he does but my links already had the bend in them.

I also have a samurai that's full width 44s and it doesn't come close to rubbing.