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Finally Front Disco's That Work
I've been working on these with a member from the FJ Cruiser forum for the last month or so. He came to me with a design that had been available in Australia, but that company stopped making these.
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The new front disconnects for the 4th, and 5th Gen's are now available. These will allow you to disconnect the front of your 4runners WITHOUT causing any damage to your CV's. Pull two pins and you're good to go.
Pictures are from an FJ Cruiser, but the 4runner's are the exact same.
Connected Passenger Side
Connected Driver Side
Disconnected Passenger Side
Disconnected Driver Side
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11-23-2015, 10:03 AM
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You pull the pin, then the sway bar can slide on the link pin?
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11-23-2015, 10:18 AM
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You pull the pin, then the sway bar can slide on the link pin?
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Yep. The sway bar itself never actually flops around. I slides up and down on the center shaft. It'll never drop low enough to contact the CV. Once you're done wheeling, and get back to level ground you can put the pins back in.
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11-23-2015, 10:42 AM
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What is the pricing on these?
It doesn't really say in your link...
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11-23-2015, 11:04 AM
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What is the pricing on these?
It doesn't really say in your link...
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Just after the pictures is pricing.
Non-Disconnect- Front/Rear @ $200 (Front or Rear $140)
Disconnect- Front/Rear @ $220 (Front or Rear $150)
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11-23-2015, 12:24 PM
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Glad to see this option become available. I thought about this approach when doing my setup. Seems like it would work.
The advantage of it would be a quicker connect/disconnect plus the fact that the factory sway-bar remains intact. You could always go back to regular links.
Only downside I could think of was noise and the potential for some binding if things did not stay clean.
If my current setup gives me any issues I will give this a try.
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11-23-2015, 12:35 PM
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Following so I can read up on this tonight. My work firewall blocks some picture sharing services.
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11-23-2015, 12:50 PM
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Glad to see this option become available. I thought about this approach when doing my setup. Seems like it would work.
The advantage of it would be a quicker connect/disconnect plus the fact that the factory sway-bar remains intact. You could always go back to regular links.
Only downside I could think of was noise and the potential for some binding if things did not stay clean.
If my current setup gives me any issues I will give this a try.
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You'll only have noise when they're disconnected. Obviously the heim and bushing sliding up and down will create some noise. Other than that they're pretty quiet. Keeping them clean will be key to longevity, but they'll hold up pretty well. These are the same heims that I've been using on the rest of my links with no issues.
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11-23-2015, 01:11 PM
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I would love to see some up close pics of these!
I have seen your other design, and like the quality I see.
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11-23-2015, 01:19 PM
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I would love to see some up close pics of these!
I have seen your other design, and like the quality I see.
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That's about as close up as they come. Are you looking for specific pictures? Just let me know, and I'll see what I can come up with.
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11-23-2015, 01:23 PM
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Some pics of them off the vehicle.
Similar to your post about with the double disconnects.
Thanks, they look good to me so far!
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11-23-2015, 01:47 PM
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Some pics of them off the vehicle.
Similar to your post about with the double disconnects.
Thanks, they look good to me so far!
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This is them not installed. The only thing it's missing is the pin to disconnect. I won't have another picture like this until another set is made. Which shouldn't be too ling since the FJ guys are already PM'ing me.
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Sorry for the naive question but what is the purpose of this setup? Similar to that of the jeeps where the sway bar can be disconnected?
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Sorry for the naive question but what is the purpose of this setup? Similar to that of the jeeps where the sway bar can be disconnected?
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Yes, except Jeeps are solid axle. The will allow you to disconnect the front to gain more flex, and not worry about the CV's getting damaged. Before these there wasn't a good way to disconnect the front. The sway bar itself would contact the CV, and would cause damage to the boot/cv itself.
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The pin is what I would really like to see.
I want to be sure that it is thick enough not to be sheared, which could cause sudden handling issues on road.
But I am very interested in getting a set for the front!
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