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    Post-Trip-Trauma

    On my way back from Alto, I rode with both of my front shocks disconnected. After a couple of bumps, both of my stock front sway bar links broke off at the balljoint. Does anyone have any cheap solutions to keep my bodyroll down? Im not feelin the $165 JKS discos for a few months...
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    First off, why did you have both your front shocks disconnected and not your sway bar disconnected? It seems like you reversed the two.

    Secondly, I don't do swaybars, but can't you replace the broken parts (prob. find an entire stock sway bar someone else removed for cheap) and either do a homemade quick disconnect (google it) or just unbolt the sway bars when off-roading?
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    here ya go on the homemade discos- it was the first link that came up.
    http://www.4x4xplor.com/homediscos.html
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    Quote Originally Posted by 85cj7 View Post
    First off, why did you have both your front shocks disconnected and not your sway bar disconnected? It seems like you reversed the two.
    Well my shocks are meant for a stock height and I wanted to see if the pops and cracks I was experiencing was because of the overextended shocks. I reconnected the swaybar to give myself a bit of stability on the road.

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    Secondly, I don't do swaybars, but can't you replace the broken parts (prob. find an entire stock sway bar someone else removed for cheap) and either do a homemade quick disconnect (google it) or just unbolt the sway bars when off-roading?
    I basically need new links which ill look around for.


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    here ya go on the homemade discos- it was the first link that came up.
    http://www.4x4xplor.com/homediscos.html
    Actually if you look at the end of the link in the picture I have almost that exact setup minus a washer or two, problem is- I snapped the ball out of the joint at the top. the swaybar links are toast.

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    So you have stock length shocks on a lifted jeep?
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    Yep, Thats how I roll. or fail to..?

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    Ill add whats going on in a buildup thread im working on- basically I have 4" 5100's in the rear im moving up front and new 3" 5100's in the mail for the rear. Its just the shipping is really taking its time.

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    I bet you Tate has exactly what you are looking for, as long as finding replacement links go. You and his sexual preferences are between the two of you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 85cj7 View Post
    here ya go on the homemade discos- it was the first link that came up.
    http://www.4x4xplor.com/homediscos.html
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    Putting shocks in will help you more than a sway bar. I would prioritize getting proper sized shocks first. This was kind of a silly thing to do. It is pretty typical to hear noises in your suspension unloading/loading off-road, don't worry I remember it making me nervous as well.


    You can buy that entire sway bar link assembly at most auto-parts stores. You could also look at a junkyard. Check out Collins Bros, or www.daveysjeeps.com I have an extra one at my parents house, but I wouldn't be able to get it up here until next week.

    I would just visit Tommy at Napa, a new end link is about $25-30 IIRC.
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    your rear shocks won't mount in the front. The fronts are a post style while the rear are eyes on both ends unless you make some adapters that is
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    I've got the adapters that are basically a ubolt that has a bolt that goes straight up. That way I can mount my rears in whatever orientation I want

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    Quote Originally Posted by jerryg79 View Post
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    Just out of curiosity, what size shocks did you end up running on each end? Do you know the extended and collapsed lengths? Are you still running adapters?
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    Quote Originally Posted by breckboarder55 View Post
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    Putting shocks in will help you more than a sway bar. I would prioritize getting proper sized shocks first. This was kind of a silly thing to do. It is pretty typical to hear noises in your suspension unloading/loading off-road, don't worry I remember it making me nervous as well.


    You can buy that entire sway bar link assembly at most auto-parts stores. You could also look at a junkyard. Check out Collins Bros, or www.daveysjeeps.com I have an extra one at my parents house, but I wouldn't be able to get it up here until next week.

    I would just visit Tommy at Napa, a new end link is about $25-30 IIRC.
    I can second the nervous feeling. My suspension sounds like a damned rain forest with all the chirps and squeaks.
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