4 link..front or rear?

89wrangler

89wrangler

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If you could only do one or the other for now, which one would gain you the biggest advantage. Looking for opinions. Rig is a SOA YJ if that matters. Thanks
 
I would say link the rear. You have the weight of the engine to up front to compress the leaf springs for max travel. Is this a street rig, trail rig or dual purpose?
 
This is a trail rig. Thanks
 
If you have any sort of axle wrap in the rear going up steep hills, rear links would obviously do away with that, which i feel is a big advantage. If you have a decent traction bar setup as-is, this becomes less of a selling point.
 
I would definitely link the rear instead of the front on a trail rig. If you spring over and have a shackle reversal on the front, you get a lot of flex out of those leaves. The 4 link is going to be tougher, more tunable, have a ton more flex and get rid of the axle wrap that you probably have right now.
 
awspence said:
If you have a decent traction bar setup as-is, this becomes less of a selling point.
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I had a great traction bar, but most all of them add a TON of anti-squat into the suspension, making it hop like Roger Rabbit with a carrot up his ass.

Rear 4-link for sure.
 
Rear.
 
Rich said:
I had a great traction bar, but most all of them add a TON of anti-squat into the suspension, making it hop like Roger Rabbit with a carrot up his ass.

Rear 4-link for sure.
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Perfect explanation of what my junk is doing now with the xj leaves. When the wallet grows ill be linking the rear of mine.
 
Thanks everyone. I am running XJ rear springs as well and have a good wrap bar set up, but it does have the symptoms that Rich stated. The rear set up was my original plan, but now that I am ready to start the conversion, I started thinking about the front for some reason :shaking: Thanks for all the input :beer:
 
Rich said:
I had a great traction bar, but most all of them add a TON of anti-squat into the suspension, making it hop like Roger Rabbit with a carrot up his ass.

Rear 4-link for sure.
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Interesting. I have only had one traction bar setup and I thought it was awesome. God rid of all my axle hop, and didn't add any other quirks. After I added it, My MJ (springover) really hooked up well in the back. Mine was really long and flat though, so maybe that helped.
 
Mine always happens when trying to climb something steep at a slow wheel spin trying to gain traction. Once it starts to bouncing it just keeps getting worse.
 
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