Ballistic long arm kit

Starboard M said:
Why do people think double triangulated 4 links are the bees knees?


Good luck getting one to fit in the front of an XJ that works well and has clearance. Add that with conventional steering.... I would rather have a 3 link and panhard.
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Yep.
 
my track bar makes me flex un-even. maybe its the way its set up (TNT mount and bar). My drivers side drops more then the passenger side. No one makes a triangulated four link that I know of so it really would be a NEW product. If I wanted a three link with track bar I Rock Krawler makes one. I wish I would have gotten that instead of the TNT Y-Link. Oh well I'm still happy with TNT just could be happier
 
POLAR_JEEP_04 said:
my track bar makes me flex un-even. maybe its the way its set up (TNT mount and bar). My drivers side drops more then the passenger side. No one makes a triangulated four link that I know of so it really would be a NEW product. If I wanted a three link with track bar I Rock Krawler makes one. I wish I would have gotten that instead of the TNT Y-Link. Oh well I'm still happy with TNT just could be happier
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You do realize your unbalanced flex is due to your panhard and not the type of arm used, right?

Even if you had used a 3 link with your (assuming here) super short panhard it would still be unbalanced.




No one makes an off the shelf kit dual triangulated 4 link, and one might take that as a sign....


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jeeperjohn said:
I'd like to see a watts link successfully used on an XJ.
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I dont think I have ever seen that on anything other than on mini trucks. I have no idea how they work, but it seems like it wouldnt yield the same results as a normal linked suspension.


I would love to do a cantilever suspension in the back of my Jeep, but I have no use for 30''+ of wheel travel nor the skills and knowledge to do it. It would be bad ass though!
 
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Starboard M said:
I dont think I have ever seen that on anything other than on mini trucks. I have no idea how they work, but it seems like it wouldnt yield the same results as a normal linked suspension.
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All it does is keep the axle centered throughout the range of suspension movement. It would be quite a challenge to make one work on a front axle but I believe it could be done.
 
jeeperjohn said:
I'd like to see a watts link successfully used on an XJ.
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Ive never seen one with that much travel! Ground clearance and above axle clearance would be an issue also.
 
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Starboard M said:
You do realize your unbalanced flex is due to your panhard and not the type of arm used, right?

Even if you had used a 3 link with your (assuming here) super short panhard it would still be unbalanced.




No one makes an off the shelf kit dual triangulated 4 link, and one might take that as a sign...
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My very first line of that post I said it was my track bar (panhard) I have seen a four link with triangulated uppers on a mild XJ and there was plenty of room. That would even be good enough to delete the track bar (panhard)
 
POLAR_JEEP_04 said:
My very first line of that post I said it was my track bar (panhard) I have seen a four link with triangulated uppers on a mild XJ and there was plenty of room. That would even be good enough to delete the track bar (panhard)
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I'd love to see some pix of how that was accomplished. I bet there was alot of stuff modified/relocated to make room for them.
 
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3056390

here is the Jeep. I can get ahold of him and try to get pics of just the LA. It looks like it hangs down alittle to low for me but that could just me the pics.
 
POLAR_JEEP_04 said:
My very first line of that post I said it was my track bar (panhard) I have seen a four link with triangulated uppers on a mild XJ and there was plenty of room. That would even be good enough to delete the track bar (panhard)
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Still doesnt mean one should run it, conventional steering won't work on it. as the draglink exerts force up and down on the tie rod it pushes the body of the vehicle up and down..... any driving at speed will also cause some wicked just like riding an angry horse bumpsteer..... thats why buggies and jeeps with triangulated fronts run full hydro... no steering force influenced on the body
 
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