4-link rocks

[trucknorris]

What is the best way to mount 4-link bars to the top of the top loader on a set of rockwells? Pics wood be cool.

[DARTH VADER 84]

heres mine
(https://mail.sorenson.com/exchange/jpagenkopf/Sent%20Items/Sorenson%20VRS%20service%20call-30.EML/#)http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j80/yjmotor27headrd/IMG_0927.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j80/yjmotor27headrd/IMG_0934.jpg

[dogram96]

If anyone was at kettle river you got to see why you don't weld your 4 link brackets to the top of the diff. They sell kits with all the brackets pre-made or you can make your own.

I can't find the site I had it saved. I will look more after work unless someone beats me to it.

[Swamp_Rat]

heres mine
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j80/yjmotor27headrd/IMG_0927.jpg

http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j80/yjmotor27headrd/IMG_0934.jpg

What kind of springs did you use? That setup is cool.

[soylent_green]

Ballistic makes a top bracket like you see above: http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/Rockwell-link-mounting-surface_p_1191.html

[mudtruckinfool]

look at the album on my page i brought the bottoms into the middle of the chassis and i the tops straight forward that way if i need to take my center chunk i can without having to take my 4 link apart. plus this way you dont have to worry about clearance on ur oil pan

[DARTH VADER 84]

Ballistic makes a top bracket like you see above: http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/Rockwell-link-mounting-surface_p_1191.html

FYI about this one, i DONT like that set up. see the rear end of mine? it f**ked up the measure so i am going to homemade ones soon once i have my chassis and axles home.

[DARTH VADER 84]

swamp_rat, i use '80-'06 ford bronco 8" springs. from www.jackit.com i like those springs. very stiff and hard, it will last me long!

[blackbeauty]

Truck-Norris I have a template to make your own. Let me know where you live and ill drop it off I made my brackets for triangulating the upper links already.

[leadfoot]

[QUOTE=dogram96;103479]If anyone was at kettle river you got to see why you don't weld your 4 link brackets to the top of the diff. They sell kits with all the brackets pre-made or you can make your own.QUOTE]

i agree my trucks is still siting that way i will be builting a bracket for them when i get home did anyone get any video of me breaking my front end off

[trucknorris]

Truck-Norris I have a template to make your own. Let me know where you live and ill drop it off I made my brackets for triangulating the upper links already.


So you finally got around to ditching the panhard bar. Of course now if you get pulled out sideways it will break a lot more.:D

[Rumours]

try blue torch fab they have a lot of cool stuff

[blackbeauty]

So you finally got around to ditching the panhard bar. Of course now if you get pulled out sideways it will break a lot more.:D

I hope not. I havent had an issue anywhere else besides cornell

[MNFordMudder]

http://bluetorchfab.com/store/index.php?cPath=85

[bbaxter51]

So you finally got around to ditching the panhard bar. Of course now if you get pulled out sideways it will break a lot more.:D

If your rig breaks from being pulled out sideways, then your math when setting up your links is/was WAY off. think scissor lift. If you've got a combined 40 degrees of triangulation of the uppers and lowers, you're stronger than any panhard bar setup.

[blackbeauty]

If your rig breaks from being pulled out sideways, then your math when setting up your links is/was WAY off. think scissor lift. If you've got a combined 40 degrees of triangulation of the uppers and lowers, you're stronger than any panhard bar setup.



I dont care what truck it is when they pull you out 90 degrees straight sideways something will break. Thats all im saying.

Maybe my math aint 100% correct but it has worked for 2 years with no issues except for at cornell. I know i can get my rear axle almost straight up and down not so much with the front. no issues except the 18.4 26's stuffed into the fenders.

[trucknorris]

no issues except the 18.4 26's stuffed into the fenders.


Yea, but they work better than those DOT's you were using at holcombe

[blackbeauty]

I like running the the cut 44's for smaller pits. My problem was the gearing wasnt correct. And the motor wouldnt turn the r's anymore. Im getting rid of the 18.4s and going to 13.6 26's

[mud_runner05]

how difficult is it to get the geometry correct on a setup like that? iv been thinking about 3 loink or 4 linking my 76 blazer, but i suck at geometry

[Salt-Man]

where would one go about buying the material to make these 4 link bars > I would like to build some..

[PRINCETON_JAKE]

I GO TO MIDWAY IRON IN ST.COUD. http://www.midwayiron.com/

[soylent_green]

I think St. Cloud (MN) is a little far for Salt_Man, but I'm sure there are tons of steel supply places out in NY...

Any of them will have what you need, or be able to order it. Shop around a little though, as prices can vary quite a bit. Generally, the larger the business, the lower their prices.

[Salt-Man]

yea I guess I should have asked what kind of steel tube do I need and what hyme joints, or what ever they are called , I need to know the proper terminology so I can ask for it

[UFOSPY]

dom tubing and heims joint and you also need threaded inserts to weld into the pipe for the joints to screw into