Anyone ever run into this issue when installing their RockJock Antirock?
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At least inch fasteners are fairly consistent with shank size to head sizes. Just worked on a rig with the 10mm bolts that held on the rear bump stop cups were 16mm on one side and 17mm on the other. I also see one front caliper held on with 8mm bolts with 13mm head on one side, 12mm head on the other. Similar with 12mm, some have 18mm heads, some have 19mm.
Forgot Whitworth. The wrench for a 1/2" shank size is called a 1/2" wrench and it fits a 3/4" hex. They size the wrenches by shank diameter. You've just been dealing with too many Brits.
For applications that are intended to be maintained on the field with an under the seat tool kit I don't always mind having a 16mm wrench on the bolt and a 17mm wrench on the nut.
JK and TJ antirock hardware are 1/2"
the only time I've ever had to run a reamer through them is if they were bent.
the only time I've ever had to run a reamer through them is if they were bent.
Since we are talking about the A/R do these helm joints ever need to be lubed ?
I think they wear out either way, isn't that what heim joints are supposed to do?
A little WD40 or white lithium grease whenever you remember seems good enough. I noticed Lucas sells a spray version of red and tacky. I tried that last time, but I’m fairly sure that is just going to attract more grit and wear the heim out faster.
For what it's worth, I called RockJock today and spoke with one of their guys. He told me nothing has changed with the heim joints at all, and they are still the exact same ones that were included with the Currie Antirock (before it was rebranded and updated).
He told me the only logical explanation is that the die that is used to make these holes in the axle housing likely wore out over all those years and that's why my holes are not big enough.
Anyways, I fixed it by drilling them out, so all is well now.
I'm making a big deal over nothing, but this wasn't about not wanting to drill, I was rally just curious if something changed over the year on the TJ axle housings, or if something changed with the new RockJock Antirock design.
He told me the only logical explanation is that the die that is used to make these holes in the axle housing likely wore out over all those years and that's why my holes are not big enough.
Anyways, I fixed it by drilling them out, so all is well now.
I'm making a big deal over nothing, but this wasn't about not wanting to drill, I was rally just curious if something changed over the year on the TJ axle housings, or if something changed with the new RockJock Antirock design.
What was I those holes before? Factory swaybar links? I’m surprised that they’d use different sizes between the factory and Rockjock.
Yes, factory swaybar links.
They don't use different sizes, all my past Currie Antirock have fit just fine.
I think my TJ is an oddball.
But, if the factory used a half inch bolt and rockjock used a half inch bolt, why was a drill necessary? A half inch is a half inch.
I need to go find the factory sway bar link bolts I tossed and post up a photo, as well as measure them.
The axle housing is definitely stock, that I can tell you for certain.
How much material did your 1/2" drill bit remove? Were you just basically clearing the holes out or were they originally a different size entirely? I could maybe see a small small difference, but would be surprised by a large one.
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