JBA Rear 4-Link Conversion.....

RED_KJ_666 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 21, 2010 3:50 pm

Anyone running it? How's it treating you?

stumpjumper_09 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:03 pm

I'm still waiting to hear something.... I would like to have it myself.

Lancer · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2010 4:41 am

I fully believe in getting someone else to try the water first

Many years ago, I did the survival course at Hereford; when someone asked Lofty (the instructor) how you test to see if a plant/mushroom/whatever is safe to eat, the response was "always try it out first on your mate" :lol:

JL Rockies · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:04 pm

What's everybody afraid of?

DirtyKK · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2010 6:21 pm

whats the purpose of the 4 link? is the tri link limiting flex or anything? i could see it being helpful for an sfa swap or somthing but if youre that deep into youll be having a bunch of custom stuff made anyway.

JL Rockies · **Posted:** Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:01 pm

but this comes powder coated red....

stumpjumper_09 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 23, 2010 8:40 pm

JL Rockies wrote:

but this comes powder coated red....

If so i'm on it!!! the one I saw was black....

Sport · **Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:32 am

DirtyKK wrote:

whats the purpose of the 4 link? is the tri link limiting flex or anything? i could see it being helpful for an sfa swap or somthing but if youre that deep into youll be having a bunch of custom stuff made anyway.

Lifting the liberty too high will put alot of stress on the ball joint. JBA states that this 4 link is meant for lifts over 4".

DirtyKK · **Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:51 am

Sport wrote:

DirtyKK wrote:

whats the purpose of the 4 link? is the tri link limiting flex or anything? i could see it being helpful for an sfa swap or somthing but if youre that deep into youll be having a bunch of custom stuff made anyway.

Lifting the liberty too high will put alot of stress on the ball joint. JBA states that this 4 link is meant for lifts over 4".

see thats what i mean. other then SFA'd, ive seen maybe 3 KJs on the forum that are above 4". doesnt seem practical to put a bunch of R&D into something that you wont sell a whole lot of. at least someone is still making aftermarket parts for Liberty's since nobody else will do it though.

Lancer · **Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2010 10:58 am

DirtyKK wrote:

Sport wrote:

DirtyKK wrote:

whats the purpose of the 4 link? is the tri link limiting flex or anything? i could see it being helpful for an sfa swap or somthing but if youre that deep into youll be having a bunch of custom stuff made anyway.

Lifting the liberty too high will put alot of stress on the ball joint. JBA states that this 4 link is meant for lifts over 4".

see thats what i mean. other then SFA'd, ive seen maybe 3 KJs on the forum that are above 4". doesnt seem practical to put a bunch of R&D into something that you wont sell a whole lot of. at least someone is still making aftermarket parts for Liberty's since nobody else will do it though.

Hey theres' always RRO :lol:

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2010 11:06 am

RRO isn't even an alternative :evil:

Put them out of your mind right now :ROTFL:

What needs to be done is a full rear suspension system if you're going to do it , the upper link plus new lower control arms as well , complete package, that way you can sit the pinion angle if needed, center the wheels in the wheel well etc.
If you have ever seen the boot on one of our tri-links there is not much there, very small. So we need more in the way of flex and forgiveness when we do flex out

Sport · **Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:31 pm

tommudd wrote:

RRO isn't even an alternative :evil:

Put them out of your mind right now :ROTFL:

What needs to be done is a full rear suspension system if you're going to do it , the upper link plus new lower control arms as well , complete package, that way you can sit the pinion angle if needed, center the wheels in the wheel well etc.
If you have ever seen the boot on one of our tri-links there is not much there, very small. So we need more in the way of flex and forgiveness when we do flex out

Is there an aftermarket option for the ball joint?

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:36 pm

Not anything I have found nor heard of anyone else finding one, just the direct replacement.

stumpjumper_09 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 24, 2010 8:25 pm

I know that Kevins off road has a spacer that goes under the ball joint in the rear that puts it up another inch or two. Not sure if that is really gonna help us or not?

RED_KJ_666 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 28, 2010 2:01 pm

JBA also has a Tri-Link Ball Joint relocation bracket for lifts 4" and over.

JBA Rear 4-Link Conversion.....

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