Its not even a cherokee anymore!
Sure it is, it still has a cherokee VIN, part of a firewall, and some framerail
It will look a lot more XJ like when its done
But im sure theres some unibody left in there somewhere. lol Ok, so this is the first time I've actually seen this build. I have a question about your front link setup. There is an awful lot of triangulation on your lower links and the top link is at quite an angle. Good If you were adding another link to run a triangulated four think (which I dont get why you didnt since your going full hydro anyways). But, you are running a track bar.
I didn't go a dual-triangulated 4-link for several reasons. First There is triangulation in my links for reason. First and foremost...even with all the cutting i've done...a 4-link front that
1.) does NOT hang below the frame rails what so ever and
2.) fitting a 4-link in the front with desirable characteristics with OUT making the rig a skyscraper...well it just isn't much possible. Closest I've ever seen was Jon (Kaczman) and even he said if he did it over he would just go a 3-link.
From your sig it seems you might know a thing or two about suspension so I won't have to go TOO in depth
My lowers are triangulated for a couple reasons...one being that I refused to let ANYTHING hang below my framerails as I wanted a completely flat belly (therefore they need to be tucked in and up). As well the triangulation of the lowers allows for a better turning radius, and I couldn't inboard the axle side lowers anymore than they are without sitting on the cast housing. The upper is triangulated since well, thats where it fit and that gave me desirable characteristics when plugged into the 3-link Calc. Lastly I guess you could say it takes a little more stress off the trackbar mount, though that won't really be an issue with the full hydro steering.
Do you know yet how much your axle is going to move side to side through travel yet?
verrrry little, maybe 1" or so
And when you pull a tire up on an obstacle and flex out arent you worried about bind occuring or atleast pinion angle changes especially since your running solid joints?
I would only be worred about that if I had a 4th link. With a 3-link (unless you set it up incredibly bad), there will be no binding in the system since you don't have links trying to fight one another. The three link I have built keeps the pinion pointed towards the T-case throughout its range of travel.
I dunno, maybe im just visualizing it from the wrong angle. But besides that, great build, you do really nice work and its evident that you dont let a little extra time stop you from doing something right the first time.
Thanks, gotta say i'm happy with the results so far