Jeepin Jason
NAXJA Member #1100
- Location
- Lewisville, TX
Well, I've finally made a little progress on my traction bar project. I ended up buying axle brackets from DIY4x.com for $23 shipped. They've nice pieces.
Here's the mock-up to see how everything will fit.
The lower link is made from a section of our TJ's rollcage that we had to cut out long ago (long story). I don't remember exactly what it is, but it's about 1 11/16" OD and btwn 1/8-3/16" thick. Our friend who did our TJ's cage uses this tubing for his exo cage and all his suspension links (his old rig: http://jeepin.com/gilmer/03sept20album/images/DSC02792.jpg ).
The upper link is my old SkyJacker RockReady trackbar, mainly because I had it and it was already threaded to fit the MORE Boulder Bushing I had. I'm going to cut the bushing off the trackbar of course, and weld the bar solidily to the lower link, the add the obligatory gussets and crossbars.
I'd originally planned to do the whole traction bar out of 1.5" x .25" toob, but the section of rollcage and the SJ trackbar were laying around in the garage, and they were the right lengths, so why not make use of them.
Lemme tell ya though, it's a real PITA to fishmouth tubing with just an angle grinder...
Loss of ground clearance should be minimal.
The front shackle will use two RE SuperFlex joints (one on the traction bar and one on the base) and mount to the back of my DPG belly skid which I've reinforced with some 1/4" plate.
More pics at http://jeepin.net/photos/tractionbar
Here's the mock-up to see how everything will fit.
The lower link is made from a section of our TJ's rollcage that we had to cut out long ago (long story). I don't remember exactly what it is, but it's about 1 11/16" OD and btwn 1/8-3/16" thick. Our friend who did our TJ's cage uses this tubing for his exo cage and all his suspension links (his old rig: http://jeepin.com/gilmer/03sept20album/images/DSC02792.jpg ).
The upper link is my old SkyJacker RockReady trackbar, mainly because I had it and it was already threaded to fit the MORE Boulder Bushing I had. I'm going to cut the bushing off the trackbar of course, and weld the bar solidily to the lower link, the add the obligatory gussets and crossbars.
I'd originally planned to do the whole traction bar out of 1.5" x .25" toob, but the section of rollcage and the SJ trackbar were laying around in the garage, and they were the right lengths, so why not make use of them.
Lemme tell ya though, it's a real PITA to fishmouth tubing with just an angle grinder...
Loss of ground clearance should be minimal.
The front shackle will use two RE SuperFlex joints (one on the traction bar and one on the base) and mount to the back of my DPG belly skid which I've reinforced with some 1/4" plate.
More pics at http://jeepin.net/photos/tractionbar