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Tech Forum => Workshop => Topic started by: Dodster on November 08, 2005, 04:18:39 PM

Title: Disconnects (TJ)
Post by: Dodster on November 08, 2005, 04:18:39 PM
In preparation for some sway bar disconnects i have started removing the stock sway bar thingys that connect the axle to the anti sway bar.. :evil:

To get this off do i have to bash f**k out of it or is it threaded and i have to try and turn it... :wink:
Phil

( I have pics but dont know how to stick em up)
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Post by: Anonymous on November 08, 2005, 04:39:12 PM
2 options I think Phil
1 Use a hub splitter
2 swing the loose sway bar (THe U shaped bar that goes across the front of your TJ down so that it rests against the front bumper for support and then using a BFH wack the thread until thread and ball come out of sway bar

Hope that works but Im sure someone will be along soon for a more constructive overview
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Post by: Dodster on November 08, 2005, 05:02:51 PM
Cheers Stew.
Thanks for the quick reply.
I can see what you mean and will give it another try when its stopped pi**in it down. :rolleyes:
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Post by: kizer on November 09, 2005, 10:07:53 PM
You could use a pickle fork. Its shaped like a Y and you slide it inbetween the sway and the link and wack it with a hammer.

Or

You take the swaybar completely off like mentioned and put thread side down into concrete and pound the sway bar and the force againt the ground should force it out.

I'd highly recommend the pickle fork idea first but well when your impatient you do what you must. =)
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Post by: Anonymous on November 09, 2005, 10:44:44 PM
hit the ARB not the treads, you loosen the rust thats holding the thing together, oh and tread release oil helps too
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Post by: Dodster on November 09, 2005, 11:33:21 PM
Thank you Kizer and thank you Steve... :wink:

I have been drowning them in Wd40 for the last few days and Im havin a go at them again on Fri. I didnt want to start bashing when i should have been turning if you know what i mean so thanks for all the advice.

Phil
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Post by: Anonymous on November 09, 2005, 11:41:11 PM
GT85's pretty good as well :D
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Post by: Dodster on November 10, 2005, 12:07:14 AM
Arrrr so thats what GT85 is....... :lol:

Where can i get that from aint seen it in Halfrauds but aint looked too hard..
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Post by: Anonymous on November 10, 2005, 12:21:22 AM
Independant car accessory places I'd guess

Get mine from one in Wellington

Anyone else know where its stocked?
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Post by: Anonymous on November 10, 2005, 03:01:34 AM
Quote from: "Stew"
Anyone else know where its stocked?


I thought you had bought the coutry out of stock the number of times you've mentioned it lately.... And by the posts, I'd say your drinking it too :)

It's big in the biking faterinty.... so try bike shops.

Did a google for "Buy GT85" and out of first page, 5 were bike shops and one was ebay.
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Post by: Anonymous on November 10, 2005, 07:47:27 AM
Quote from: "EvilEd"
Quote from: "Stew"
Anyone else know where its stocked?

I thought you had bought the coutry out of stock the number of times you've mentioned it lately.... And by the posts, I'd say your drinking it too :)

It's big in the biking faterinty.... so try bike shops.

Did a google for "Buy GT85" and out of first page, 5 were bike shops and one was ebay.


ED when you surface can you please explain what a faterinty is old buddy :shock:
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Post by: Anonymous on November 10, 2005, 04:12:29 PM
Quote from: "Stew"
Quote from: "EvilEd"
Quote from: "Stew"
Anyone else know where its stocked?

I thought you had bought the coutry out of stock the number of times you've mentioned it lately.... And by the posts, I'd say your drinking it too :)

It's big in the biking faterinty.... so try bike shops.

Did a google for "Buy GT85" and out of first page, 5 were bike shops and one was ebay.

ED when you surface can you please explain what a faterinty is old buddy :shock:

They're the overweight ones.... I mean gravitationally challenged.
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Post by: Anonymous on November 10, 2005, 04:36:34 PM
Ah understand now not fat but diet challenged
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Post by: MOCAJ on November 11, 2005, 09:30:31 PM
let me know how you get on,

Will be ordering some jks discos for the TJ this weekend, so, should i start soaking things with WD40/Gt85 now :?:
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Post by: 46stm on November 11, 2005, 09:48:33 PM
Plus Gas Formula A is even better at freeing up rusty nuts....ooooerr

Once you get your JKS you won't look back, don't forget to put the "re locating" pegs well out of the way, well useful and mega easy to use once all set up.
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Post by: Bubba on November 11, 2005, 09:55:02 PM
gas axe .............works for me
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Post by: daggie on November 12, 2005, 07:56:19 AM
gas axe .............works for me

 :rotflmao:
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Post by: Dodster on November 12, 2005, 05:00:16 PM
Quote from: "my other cars a jeep"
let me know how you get on,

Will be ordering some jks discos for the TJ this weekend, so, should i start soaking things with WD40/Gt85 now :?:


I would, anything to make life a bit easier. I phoned GT85 and apparently it is sold at most bike shops..

Old ones are off now. it was pretty much what everyone said. Disconnect both from the bottom first, swing the bar down onto the bumper and give em some welly. They came out fairly easy that way ( i aint got a pickle fork ).

New ones goin in on Monday.( hopefully) I went for BDS in the end, havent done much research but there are arguments for both, i suppose its whatever blows your frock up.  8)
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Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2005, 05:10:35 PM
Be interested what you think of them Dodster
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Post by: daggie on November 12, 2005, 06:12:50 PM
just put bds discos on Owens xj, easyish to fit (no distructions :roll: )
be prepared to cut/shorten & re drill the tubes, (tooooooo long)
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Post by: daggie on November 12, 2005, 06:14:30 PM
IMHO
for the extra £s I'd go jks
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Post by: MOCAJ on November 12, 2005, 07:06:46 PM
thanks for the info dodster.

Will start soaking the little buggers tomorrow.

 :smt045  :smt045

Hopefully, will be ready for when the UPS guy drops by.
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Post by: trent on November 12, 2005, 07:55:05 PM
PB Blaster :wink:
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Post by: MOCAJ on November 12, 2005, 08:00:49 PM
Is that a WD40/GT85/Plus Gas type stuff or like Bubbas gas axe  :lol:  :lol:
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Post by: trent on November 12, 2005, 09:19:40 PM
:wink:
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Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2005, 10:15:36 PM
i got some stuff called "rostoff ice" which i was told......"you spray on to the bolt (not the nut) for about 20 seconds then walk away, come back after a few mins & it will have "chilled" the bolt enough to loosen the nut".........yeah, right i thought!!! but you know, it feckin works!!!!! :?

it also contains a penetrating oil to help with the process.........
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Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2005, 10:17:30 PM
Sounds like a cross between an alcopop and a sex toy :D
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Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2005, 10:20:26 PM
come to think of it.......did smell like "Metz".........wondered what happened to it!!! "Beware the judderman my dear....." :shock:
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Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2005, 10:21:02 PM
Quote from: "Stew"
Sounds like a cross between an alcopop and a sex toy :lol:
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Post by: Anonymous on November 12, 2005, 10:42:22 PM
Yup been (once again) confined to the puter  beer n a load of Stones Cd's
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Post by: monkeybiz on November 13, 2005, 03:26:53 PM
Quote from: "daggie"
just put bds discos on Owens xj, easyish to fit (no distructions :roll: )
be prepared to cut/shorten & re drill the tubes, (tooooooo long)


thought owen had a 3" lift??? if its not a true 3" lift he would have been better off with the shorter ones as they are cheaper by £20
ill look into the size problem as they should be spot on for length. BDS have a new design comming out in the spring so im stopping the current onbes now untill the new ones are out.
sorry for the hasstle m8, cant understand why they are to long.
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Post by: daggie on November 13, 2005, 05:04:23 PM
No worries Gwyn  :)
I had to cut a good 2" off them, apart from that they were no problem.
They are virtually the same as skyjacker discos, so it didn't take long to work out  :wink:
I think Owens has a 2"ish lift on it, I haven't measured it though, my xj is slightly taller, on 30" tyres, Owen has 31" on his.
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Post by: 46stm on November 13, 2005, 09:43:38 PM
I've still got all my connections with Quadratec and can get the JKS well cheap.

If theres about six of ya who are genuinly interested I'll import some, if not I can't be arsed cos its not worth it.

If you are interested start a new post and talk on that only, keep it in the open.

Steve :smt119
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Post by: Anonymous on November 13, 2005, 11:10:05 PM
hmmmmm
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Post by: Dodster on November 14, 2005, 03:00:48 PM
Okay the Bds Discos are now on... Couple of Pics in album.
The thought of cutting them to size and re drilling was worse than actually doing them and sad as it is i actually enjoyed doing it.
(Its been years since i bashed my knuckles)

They disconnect easy now but It will be interesting to see what they are like after bein covered in sh*t  but i am optimistic and well pleased for the moment.

Phil
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Post by: ExtremeTJ on November 14, 2005, 03:56:15 PM
phil
just like ant disco's just keep em greased and you can see they are easy to strip and clean..... so there is no excuse not to clean and grease them :wink:
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Post by: IBTJn on November 16, 2005, 05:24:36 PM
I have the Rubicon Express Generation II's on my TJ and XJ.  I have a friend or two that run the JKS's and like them just fine.  My RE GenII's are easy, too.  And when covered in mud, I still wipe down the connection stuff.  They work pretty well.  Do you guys have access to Rubicon Express stuff over there? (http://http://www.jeepforum.com/ubb/confused.gif)

I'm runnin' a RE 4.5 inch (115 mm approximately / net 5" +/- ) Superflex short arm on the TJ, and OME 2" on the XJ by the way.

;)
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Post by: chrisjones on November 16, 2005, 05:40:51 PM
We can get most anything.  We just have to pay through the nose for it.
It usually means that the price you pay in dollars over there is what we pay in sterling over here.($100=£100)  :cry:
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Post by: cabletow on November 17, 2005, 09:53:55 PM
swayloc or Antirock

I got one of each for sale if any one is interested
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Post by: Woody on November 18, 2005, 12:16:05 AM
I tried to give swayloc away a while back, no interest chucked it in the skip.  It was on my TJ when I bought it and found it worse than a connected sway bar on road and no better that disconnected offroad, fitted JKS's instead.

Woody
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Post by: cabletow on November 18, 2005, 08:36:45 PM
Are you sure you got the right thing. I am talking aboiut the air activated stiff AR bar(greater than stock for on road and soft AR (like the currie) that is activated by the flick of a switch from the cab. Thus giving you stiffer than stock road use and some off camber protection yet good flex off road, available only from ORO in the states.

You had one of those and you skipped it! are you mad they are like gold dust.

You got the best of both worlds at the flick of a switch and you dont have to get out of the cab!

More info http://www.offroadonly.com/products/suspension/swayloc/ (http://www.offroadonly.com/products/suspension/swayloc/)
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Post by: Dodster on November 30, 2005, 08:25:13 PM
Quick update
Used the BDS disconnects for the first time in anger the other weekend and was pleasantly surprised how easy they were. pins and sleeves came off no problem, no worries about anything gettin bent or covered in muck.
 
After a wipe over and regrease went back on and pins in no problem.
Better than i thought  8)
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Post by: kizer on November 30, 2005, 09:26:46 PM
Talking with ORO the original rods that connect to the axle where having issues with bending and braking. The next generation, which are being sold now have thicker and sytonger links.

Heck if anybody is throwing away a SwayLoc I'll take it. Pay the shipping too. ;)
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Post by: isle of man on November 30, 2005, 09:43:41 PM
fit the best.....
http://www.teraflex.biz/pages/jeepbuild ... 7&subID=19 (http://www.teraflex.biz/pages/jeepbuilder.php?jeepID=18&prodID=27&subID=19)

i have one on my wrangler..........

peter henry