Then I’d say you need 2 running Jeeps…
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Then I’d say you need 2 running Jeeps…
I'm with you on wanting to make it down to AZ. Hopefully next year I might actually do it.
So we're talking about sometime in the next decade then.....
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Yesterday we ended up doing H2H and LOD. Today I had to bail and stay home because of the U joint and hubs… Scott had to bail yesterday because his battery was leaking acid all over the passenger footwell.
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That H2H LOD combo will get ya! At least Christian and I wasn't hanging off the back of your Jeep getting back to the truck this time 
Lets plan a trip
Said the guy who’s been building his jeep since I’ve been on the forum
Let me get a few trips under my belt & I'll start making longer term plans...
Said the guy who’s been building his jeep since I’ve been on the forum
Yes but at least I worked on mine....
He's got a youngin & I know how that is. I used to have to get someone to watch my daughter so I could work on my Jeep when she was little, Then when she started kindergarten I was happy so I could get 6 hours of work done....
Nah, the blue Jeep is in a storage unit now for the winter anyway. If I could find one near Apache Junction I would try to get it down there and go visit my mom more who winters down there.
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I guess that just about explains the crooked steering wheel
Yep not too bad but I do wish there was a solution for a stronger drag link. Although, I also don’t fully understand the repercussions of a strong hit to a stronger drag link.
I wonder how a draglink made of the same material as Blaine’s tie rod hold up, it’s stronger but it still has give so I’m not sure if it would cause problems or not.
The way say I see it, is Blaine has said in the past that the 4130 tie rod will bend but return to original shape as long as it doesn't go beyond it's plasticity. That means it had the higher potential to damage something else. By adding another component that is stronger would most likely mean that much more potential for something else to break.
The way say I see it, is Blaine has said in the past that the 4130 tie rod will bend but return to original shape as long as it doesn't go beyond it's plasticity. That means it had the higher potential to damage something else. By adding another component that is stronger would most likely mean that much more potential for something else to break.
Has this manifested in the real world to anyone's knowledge? One would think the TRE's or the driver's side knuckle would be the next weakest link.
Drag links don't normally get bashed and if it does get bent it would only effect the steering wheel alignment and not the tires. Would be a complete waste of effort and money to manufacture a springy draglink.
Flattening the bend in the drag link will open up the toe, along with pushing the tie rod into the axle.
Ignoring the downstream ramifications of a stronger drag link, the fabrication is quite a bit more involved for the Y link steering due to the shape. All of that adds to the costs.
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Bending the drag link affects the toe because the tie rod connects to the drag on Y link steering. So each time one bends requires taking it off, throwing it in the press, and then doing an alignment.
I am curious which reason plays a bigger role. The manufacturing aspect, or that the product shouldn’t exist in the first place. For instance, what do (smart) people do for drag link material on crossover steering setups? I’m guessing probably stronger than the RJ drag?
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