Rear Triangulated 4-link..... worth doing?

[Roxtar]

At least Opie made me a bumper.

You live to far now... lets just be glad the bumper didn't fall off!

Hey, hey, Opie was trained in the MWC.
That bumper'll outlive the truck.
Of course, it may also outweigh it.

 

[XJ_ranger]

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ALSO, has anyone actually done something similar to what XJ-Ranger was talking about (a rear stinger on a xj)? I've seen them on TJ's and some buggy's but not a XJ...

im not talking about a rear stinger...

nooo... that would get you more shit than your cooler inhibiting bar...

im talking about moving the gas tank, removing the rear bumper, removing basically everything from the shackle bolt back, and putting a plate allong there that connects the shackle bolt area to where the hatch latches...

cutting farther into the rear of the body to make more room and have a better departure angle than the stock rear crossmember allows for...

rear stingers most often look like ass...

I think your only main goals in this are to get up the ledges... and i think (if im reading correctly) that your departure angle (and parhaps the leaves allowing your pinion angle to change) is whats fawking you over...

sounds like its time to remove some stuff that has gouges in it from getting hung on it...

right?

 

[uncc civilengineer]

I see what youre talking about now... a rear "boatside"... very interested in this now... Also, I'm not experiencing much axle wrap at this time.. there is some but that's not what's causing my problems... it's departure angle..

I'm going home and cutting out my cooler bar as soon as I get off work..... I think i'll still leave the 10" center vertical bar though, for unibody support of course...

 

[IntrepidXJ]

hmm...sounds familiar Opie....

gas tank thru the floor, rear crossmember is now the rear bumper......should be much better departure angle for me

...and don't worry, I'm going to try to make it look a little better when I get around to it

 

[Jump This]

Or you could do this.

But this was last summer, the shocks have moved and a bar or two has been relocated and and and and....

 

[Captain Ron]

Hey, hey, Opie was trained in the MWC.
That bumper'll outlive the truck.
Of course, it may also outweigh it.

I remember that bumper.

Aftershock won.



--ron

 

[XJ_ranger]

I remember that bumper.

Aftershock won.



--ron

hey hey! that was my first attempt... look the other way please! :gee:

 

[Pat]

well after all this, it better be one impressive 4-link!

 

[Evan03]

Bumping a good thread and maybe pulling these guys out of the dark

 

[Phil]

Of all the “good” threads, this one?:wow: