The 1st is but the 2nd is SFA'd.

God I love that arm!!

Seriously tho, it takes 10 minutes from the point where the jack first touchs the jeep till it's back on the ground to disconnect and reconnect the arm.

I've never replaced the ubj before but I've read horror stories about needing rachet straps to reconnect the ubj to the bracket and pry bars to get it out.

If I ever need to service this guy, 10 minutes and bam it's done. 12 minutes to take the whole arm out.

Here is the update for the new bracket.

I am just waiting to decide on how to proceed. Whether IRO will provide test brackets, which will probably be a lot cheaper than if I cut them (91 dollars CAD at the store, no money in my pocket) or what... It's coming and I can't get enough wheeling in. I purposely drive over curbs and pot holes and whatever else I can find when I'm on the street.

Enough yaking:

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2004 KJ 3.7 Limited:
IRO WJ Upper Arm -- WJ Rear LCA's -- Rear Driveshaft Spacer -- JBA Upper A Arms -- 4 inch Lift -- 265/75/16 4" B/S -- WasherBottle Relocate -- Custom High Mount Intake -- Carpet Delete -- Homebrew Winch Bumper -- Warn VR8000 -- Homemade Plow -- Pinch Weld POUNDED -- POR 15 inner fenders --

10 minutes is all it takes to replace a regular stock tri-link
Those that take forever with rachet straps are also those that take 2-3 days to do a lift
Its really easy , on mine or any lifted there isn't even any jacks etc involved just roll under and replace the tri-link

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

Yes, true, but there isn't any need for a press here.

I know that my factory boomerang in its current condition, wouldn't survive a press job, it is toast. It would crumple up into tiny little bits.

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2004 KJ 3.7 Limited:
IRO WJ Upper Arm -- WJ Rear LCA's -- Rear Driveshaft Spacer -- JBA Upper A Arms -- 4 inch Lift -- 265/75/16 4" B/S -- WasherBottle Relocate -- Custom High Mount Intake -- Carpet Delete -- Homebrew Winch Bumper -- Warn VR8000 -- Homemade Plow -- Pinch Weld POUNDED -- POR 15 inner fenders --

OK guess we're talking about two different things
I'm talking swapping out tri-links and you're pressing bushings out or ???
OK its Friday and past noon, time to relax

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

Tom, i think hes saying that his bushings and/or the ball joint on the original link was bad. His wasnt gonna hold up to the press due to the condition of the upper link.

One of my WJ friends just upgraded and he loved his IRO arm, but hes dropping d60s under it now, so i might be able to talk him out of it.

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2002 KJ Limited 3.7, 5.25" lift via coilovers, custom HD rear springs, 32.2" tires on moabs (soon 33s) 4.56/JBA diff, OX lockers front/rear, NP241OR, Parker Fab front/rear bumpers, rock rails and roof rack, Viair OBA.

2006 KJ sport 3.7, 4" Ironman lift, 32" tires, Parker Fab front/rear bumpers and rock rails.

Cheers to it being Friday!!

I am referring to replacing the nylon inserts vs the physical pressing in and pressing out of the upper bj. My boomerang, the only thing holding it together was the rust.

I can do everything I gotta do with a little Allen key.

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2004 KJ 3.7 Limited:
IRO WJ Upper Arm -- WJ Rear LCA's -- Rear Driveshaft Spacer -- JBA Upper A Arms -- 4 inch Lift -- 265/75/16 4" B/S -- WasherBottle Relocate -- Custom High Mount Intake -- Carpet Delete -- Homebrew Winch Bumper -- Warn VR8000 -- Homemade Plow -- Pinch Weld POUNDED -- POR 15 inner fenders --

Okay so...

I am making a bracket to destroy it.

I wanna hear some ideas.

I am thinking of hooking it up between two tow trucks and seeing what happens.

Likewise I wanna see exactly what it's going to take to break this thing.

They are building a toll highway up the street from me and I want to ask their heavy equipment guys to do what they do best.

And you KNOW I will post the vid up here.

Can I get a yay or nay from people that wanna see this?

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2004 KJ 3.7 Limited:
IRO WJ Upper Arm -- WJ Rear LCA's -- Rear Driveshaft Spacer -- JBA Upper A Arms -- 4 inch Lift -- 265/75/16 4" B/S -- WasherBottle Relocate -- Custom High Mount Intake -- Carpet Delete -- Homebrew Winch Bumper -- Warn VR8000 -- Homemade Plow -- Pinch Weld POUNDED -- POR 15 inner fenders --

Yay...I like seeing things being taken to their breaking limit...and then breaking hahaha.

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Custom Bumper & Rock Rails-JBA 4.5" Lift-Custom 4.5" HD Springs-16x8 M13 Rims-265/75 Pro Comp MT2s-Yukon 4.56s-Front DTT-Rear OX Air Locker

Only if its mounted to a 8.25 (which is connected to a D 9,)
then your new tri link attached to the 8.25 with your new bracket, which all of that is then hooked to another D 9
Now we are talking a bag of popcorn and 6 pack Friday night

Just your new bracket would be no fun at all

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

Isn't playing with heavy equipment fun?

What's a D9?

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2004 KJ 3.7 Limited:
IRO WJ Upper Arm -- WJ Rear LCA's -- Rear Driveshaft Spacer -- JBA Upper A Arms -- 4 inch Lift -- 265/75/16 4" B/S -- WasherBottle Relocate -- Custom High Mount Intake -- Carpet Delete -- Homebrew Winch Bumper -- Warn VR8000 -- Homemade Plow -- Pinch Weld POUNDED -- POR 15 inner fenders --

Googled... Never mind.

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2004 KJ 3.7 Limited:
IRO WJ Upper Arm -- WJ Rear LCA's -- Rear Driveshaft Spacer -- JBA Upper A Arms -- 4 inch Lift -- 265/75/16 4" B/S -- WasherBottle Relocate -- Custom High Mount Intake -- Carpet Delete -- Homebrew Winch Bumper -- Warn VR8000 -- Homemade Plow -- Pinch Weld POUNDED -- POR 15 inner fenders --

I'm pretty sure that if were talking d9 bulldozers we'd be looking metal failure.

What I want to see, is where, if at all, the bracket will show signs off stress when being subject to unrealistic amounts of load.

What I could do, is create a hitch mounted replica of the top of the 8.25 pumpkin, now that I know the measurements.

Mount the bracket in a hitch.

Place a d ring through the upper bolt hole, and pull like doo doo... Let's see what happens.

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2004 KJ 3.7 Limited:
IRO WJ Upper Arm -- WJ Rear LCA's -- Rear Driveshaft Spacer -- JBA Upper A Arms -- 4 inch Lift -- 265/75/16 4" B/S -- WasherBottle Relocate -- Custom High Mount Intake -- Carpet Delete -- Homebrew Winch Bumper -- Warn VR8000 -- Homemade Plow -- Pinch Weld POUNDED -- POR 15 inner fenders --

Have to find the weakest link that would test the bracket
My testing has revealed that I can snap two of the three bolts off that hold the bracket on the rear diff
It took some doing but I managed to do it
Thats real world testing

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

You see tho, that doesn't indicate a bracket failure. Not sure how to word this. It doesn't matter what you've got, if the bolt breaks, the bolt breaks. Could have broken with the bj mount too! But in that instance... I'm sure the bj would have let go first.

I am feeling another revision coming along. Maybe I'll wrap all the way around pumpkin and into the diff cover bolts.

Hang tight boys.

*i've got the itch again*

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2004 KJ 3.7 Limited:
IRO WJ Upper Arm -- WJ Rear LCA's -- Rear Driveshaft Spacer -- JBA Upper A Arms -- 4 inch Lift -- 265/75/16 4" B/S -- WasherBottle Relocate -- Custom High Mount Intake -- Carpet Delete -- Homebrew Winch Bumper -- Warn VR8000 -- Homemade Plow -- Pinch Weld POUNDED -- POR 15 inner fenders --

I forgot to mention that if the end user was planning on doing heavy rediculous wheeling...

The edges of the bracket contact the pumpkin on all four corners and one full side. Making it a prime candidate for welding. The pumpkin is cast steel, cast steel welds normally.

Break all the bolts you want.

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2004 KJ 3.7 Limited:
IRO WJ Upper Arm -- WJ Rear LCA's -- Rear Driveshaft Spacer -- JBA Upper A Arms -- 4 inch Lift -- 265/75/16 4" B/S -- WasherBottle Relocate -- Custom High Mount Intake -- Carpet Delete -- Homebrew Winch Bumper -- Warn VR8000 -- Homemade Plow -- Pinch Weld POUNDED -- POR 15 inner fenders --

This omits the need for the bracket adapter y-link extension thing that JBA sells for the 4" lift? If so, I'm in for one if you start selling, or if one of the other manufacturers gets on this.

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JBA 4" lift, IRO Tri-link w/ wwdiesel bracket, JBA sliders, 235/85-16 Goodyear Wrangler Duratracs, Mercedes Benz forged ultralight wheels, Weeks stage 1 and 2, Weeks lift pump and harness, Weeks battery tray and AGM battery, GDE tune, Suncoast TC, updated front pump, HDS 001 T-stat, ARP studs, Front and rear Detroit/Eaton Truetrac LSD.

Update:

I'm waiting on IRO. They're r and d is quite busy from what I hear.

They have copies of the appropriate files to make what I made.

I currently have 500km's on the latest version.

I am willing to fabricate and sell, but I need to seek legal advice on the liability side of marketing such a product.

Like if I say it's for offroad only, and somebody gets hurt on road, am I liable?

Side note: it's funny how gun and Tabbacco companies never get sued for making things that are intended to kill people. . Just saying

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2004 KJ 3.7 Limited:
IRO WJ Upper Arm -- WJ Rear LCA's -- Rear Driveshaft Spacer -- JBA Upper A Arms -- 4 inch Lift -- 265/75/16 4" B/S -- WasherBottle Relocate -- Custom High Mount Intake -- Carpet Delete -- Homebrew Winch Bumper -- Warn VR8000 -- Homemade Plow -- Pinch Weld POUNDED -- POR 15 inner fenders --

You do know that's why there's anti-tobacco commercials on tv and ads in periodicals, right? Big tobacco did get sued and lost...big time. They have to fund all the anti tobacco stuff as part of the ruling...since any fine you could levy would be a drop in the bucket.

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2005 Silver CRD Limited
245/75R16 GoodYear Duratracs
Fumoto drain | ProVent CCV Filter
Stanadyne FM100 filter | Cummins fuel pump
GDE Eco | SEGR | BoulderBars | FrankenLift | Frankenskids

This I did not know.

Did some more research.

In order to operate without the fear of personal liability I would need to open a corporation. Meaning share holders etc etc etc.

I think down south you can have an llc, not here tho.

If I do find time for monstrosity of a responsibility being the CEO lol lol lol...

You'd better believe I'd be making sfa kits and tone ring adapters for dana 60's, and a whole plethora of interesting and wild fab type stuff.

But, sorry guys, I don't have time for this. You have a business and want me to design something for you, no problem. But it's starting to look like a pipe dream.

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2004 KJ 3.7 Limited:
IRO WJ Upper Arm -- WJ Rear LCA's -- Rear Driveshaft Spacer -- JBA Upper A Arms -- 4 inch Lift -- 265/75/16 4" B/S -- WasherBottle Relocate -- Custom High Mount Intake -- Carpet Delete -- Homebrew Winch Bumper -- Warn VR8000 -- Homemade Plow -- Pinch Weld POUNDED -- POR 15 inner fenders --