A traction link is needed on for most spring over leaf spring applications. The traction link contols axle wrap or spring wrap. A traction link in rock crawling can not bind the suspension because the axle housing articulates.
A traction link is basically a lever. The longer your lever the more control on the axle housing [...]
The BTF YJ and CJ Full Width Kit is very simple to install. Click the following link for a PDF of the install instructions.
YJ FULL WIDTH AXLE KIT
www.bluetorchfab.com/PDF/yjfullwidth.pdf
CJ FULL WIDTH AXLE KIT
www.bluetorchfab.com/PDF/CJFullWidthAxleDiagram2.pdf
The YJ version of the Full Width Kit can be used on a Jeep TJ as well. We have had a few customers over the [...]
The following list you will find companies that offer various items needed to build a rock crawler.
Pro-Tools
Mittler Bros.
Eastwood
Airgas
Miller Welders
MSC
Grainger
Harbor Frieght , Yes, much of what they sell is junk but you can still find some things you need there for CHEAP
Light Racing (BTF is a Light Racing Dealer. They have a VERY nice set of dimple [...]
Tooling can be very expensive, and some tools are very nice to have but are not needed. If you look around at all of the professional fab shops you will find things that will never fit in your home garage. The purpose of this write up is to tell you what is needed to get [...]
We posted the new website up only a couple days ago. Already we are flooded with people asking for a how to on tube bending. . A good friend of ours, Rob Park, aka Bender wrote a very good article called Bendin’ Tube 101 for Pirate4×4 years back. The artivle shows you everything you need [...]
This is a beginner level task.
How to make a steering link or suspension link….
A steering / suspension link is basically a piece of tube with threaded ends on each end. Often times we have a right hand thread on one end and a left hand thread on the opposite end. The reasons the RH and [...]
This is a short introduction on Quarter Elliptic Suspension positives and negatives as compared to coil overs shocks.
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