JKS- Over Axle Bracket

[4wheelinbum]

http://store.jksmfg.com/merchant2/m...0_925&Store_Code=JKS01&Category_Code=FABParts

Anybody using this that could point me in the direction of some install instructions or of some pictures of it installed... just wondering what I would be getting myself into.

JKS support page has install instructions for everything except the bracket...

Thanks for your help guys.
the bum

 

[Frank Z]

You have to cut odd the existing TB bracket and weld the new one onto your axle. Pretty straight forward really.

 

[YELLAHEEP]

Yep. Once you remove the steering and the stock stabilizer out of the way, you can hold up the OAB to where it goes and you can see what needs cut and where it'll mount. The forward part of the bracket should sit directly on top of the coil spring bracket. The rear part of the bracket should rest directly against the axle tube. There will be spots on the inside of the bracket where you can weld it to the side of the coil spring bracket.

I braced mine with a few extra brackets I made from 3/16" strap and boxed in what was left of the original track bar bracket on the axle just to clean it up and give the coil spring bracket a bit more strength under the OAB. I have pics of this somewhere as I build mine.........

 

[4wheelinbum]

Thank yella. And yes, I would love to see those pictures!

So........... what you guys are telling is that all I needs is some time, a welder, and the bracket... and I am good to go. No extra parts, just cutting and relocating some, and doing some welding... Am I correct... )

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[xjnwthefam]

Thank yella. And yes, I would love to see those pictures!

So........... what you guys are telling is that all I needs is some time, a welder, and the bracket... and I am good to go. No extra parts, just cutting and relocating some, and doing some welding... Am I correct... )

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You are correct..... Until.... It comes time to make or modify your current track bar. Even an after market adjustable track bar will need modified shorter. I have pics i can email you too.

 

[YELLAHEEP]

Unfortunately, I must have those pics on a disc somewhere and not saved to this computer.......

Here's a pic of the set up all put together with the shortened RE track bar (shortened just above the bend of the lower bushing - about 3" taken out, sleeved, rosette welded and seam welded)

This is a pic of the OAB I did on Kittrell's rig. Not as intricate as I'd done on mine, but it shows roughly the location of how it sits once the OEM track bar bracket and stabilizer brackets are cut off. You'll also see that we welded on a JKS extended sway bar bracket and bridged the gap between it and the OAB with a triangular piece made from 3/16" strap steel.

The area below the OAB is the opening left when the OEM brackets are removed. I made a filler piece that went at an angle from just under the coil spring bracket/OAB weld, to the bottom of the remaining OEM track bar bracket. Looked kind of like an angled skid if you get what I mean. The other bracing I did was to add another section that went horizontal from behind the OAB and welded to the top of the axle tube to give just a bit more strength.

Hope that makes sense.

 

[Frank Z]

Some here too:
http://www.colorado4x4.org/gallery/showimage.php?i=7359

 

[jeepdude25]

thanks for the pics guys im doing this on my rig soon.Keep up the good info.

 

[4wheelinbum]

thanks for the pics! They were alot of help. You guys rock!

 

[freerider15]

Brace it, brace it, and oh did I mention brace it?

Don't ask me how I know...it wasn't pretty...

 

[trailrunner]

tera flex makes a better one,crazy ed,has then in stock.

 

[4wheelinbum]

Ok got it. Brace it.

And I'll check out that tera flex one. thanks

 

[Cowmanche]

Has anyone used the JKS FAB Adjustable Trackbar PN OGS951 with the Over Axle Bracket? I just broke my track bar I had made to fit with the over axle bracket. Looking to buy something I can fab up a track bar, instead of cutting and shortening another aftermarket track bar.

 

[ChiXJeff]

That's what I've got (may be the OGS950, only difference is the size of the spherical joint. If you haven't already, you'll need to modify the frame side bracket to mount that joint in double shear with a horizontal axle.

 

[Frank Z]

If you haven't already, you'll need to modify the frame side bracket to mount that joint in double shear with a horizontal axle.

Aren't all axles normally horizontal?





















Axis maybe?
:moon:

 

[TomMcD]

Depends who's driving Frank.... I'm just say'n.