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Flipping draglink

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Flipping draglink

Postby nb422 » Sat Feb 21, 2015 4:26 pm

Ive started to fit my 3.8 into the spare rolling body we have and was wondering if anyone has ever flipped the draglink that runs between the pitman arm and idler arm so it sits underneath? This gains the perfect clearance I would need for the engine to mount nicely. Cheers
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Re: Flipping draglink

Postby geeves » Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:03 pm

Both ball jounts are taper fittings as is the idler arm fitting. The steering box is a tapered spline. Not sure how you could flip it vertically. Cant see and issue flipping horizontally though but might hit chassis
Sanding your knuckles before starting work can help. That way you cant skin them
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Re: Flipping draglink

Postby nb422 » Sun Feb 22, 2015 4:19 pm

Yeah i've heard of people using a certain reamer and reaming it out so is only a half taper on the otherside and can be done after that, but at this stage it looks as though i only need 10mm more clearance so will just space up the engine mounts to suit
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Spring over axle, winch bar, 50mm bodylift, balljoint flip. Exo cage soon to come. Fully certified even.


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