Sas 05x

[dhmachine86]

just wondering if that baby is all fixed up yet?

[Boondox]

Nope still down, well i can still drive it but its scary.
If it hits a decent bump i get mad death wobble. Soon
to be fixed and made better. I learned from my mistake.
Only a 300 F UP, could have been worse. I was beating the
hell oout of it too, so i blame my driving too. I have to get everything
worked out before ECXC.

Forgot to post carnage pic's here and video of me getting pulled out.
The X getting pulled out at 2:16 YouTube - Overlanders Play Day Feb 2008

[roastbeef]

what type of suspension are you using? three link? coils?

[Boondox]

Ya its a 3 link setup & i'm running 4in lift bronco coils.
I hit a big rock or something in a creek. Which bent the #3
link and rotated the axle breaking the front yoke on the driveshaft.

I'll get it fixed at some point its not my daily driver, maybe next month.

[roastbeef]

holy sh!t. i didn't realize what i was looking at. those red bars are your links?
i would definately go with shorter, beefier links. your links look twice as long as they need to be, and they look very slim. the leverage on those things is what bent them.
shorten those bad boys up! the flex in those links alone is enough to give you the death wobble.
what does your track bar look like?

anyways, check out how short my links are. there is really no need to go longer, it only weakens them.
that bolt on the frame is the mounting point for the upper link. we basicly sleeved the frame.

[Boondox]

I know they need to be shortened. They r 1/4 thick, i'm going with 1.5 I.D. / 2.0 O.D.
tubling for the links now. I'm going to tweek the way it is setup possibly design the
lower links like calmini style nad get rid of the 3rd link.

[roastbeef]

ok now im cornfused... you need the upper link to control caster unless you are going leafs (but you aren't). what does calmini do that eliminates the upper link?

looking at the pictures again, i see what appears to be your upper link is on the passenger side (its bent to hell). i don't know what it looks like under that X, but why didn't you put it on top of the pumpkin?
and were is your trackbar? do you have any more pics of the front 3 link?

[Boondox]

I have 2 lower links and 1 upper. The one upper got bent, I do have a track bar.
Img of trackbar mount and top link mount.


I have to change up my drag link and trac bar to get them more parrell

[roastbeef]

cool. are there any clearance issues with the upper link bracket and the trackbar when the passenger side stuffs?
get that trackbar and draglink squared away and you're set! keep us updated!

[nj05nismo]

calmini does a sort of modified radius arm thing, like many of the TJ/xj long arm kits...thats the way im planning on going when i do mine next summer (not this coming summer sadly).