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Old 10-18-2014, 08:19 PM
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Pretty sure I know the answer but wanted to confirm. I have a 4" lift on my JK, it has a drop pitman arm and raised trac bar mount on axle side. If I get a Senergy Draglink flip kit do I need to put stock pitman arm back on and still leave raised trac bar bracket? Drag link will mount on bottom of pitman arm and on top of knuckle? I read about having to extend bumpstops or flipped Draglink could hit frame during flex, how much travel would I loose by flipping Draglink? Any drawbacks to flipping Draglink?
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Originally Posted by OCOutdoors
Pretty sure I know the answer but wanted to confirm. I have a 4" lift on my JK, it has a drop pitman arm and raised trac bar mount on axle side. If I get a Senergy Draglink flip kit do I need to put stock pitman arm back on and still leave raised trac bar bracket? Drag link will mount on bottom of pitman arm and on top of knuckle? I read about having to extend bumpstops or flipped Draglink could hit frame during flex, how much travel would I loose by flipping Draglink? Any drawbacks to flipping Draglink?
Drawback is maybe losing some up travel. Yes you would put the stock pitman arm back on and keep the raised tracbar bracket.
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Originally Posted by DunnyBunny
Drawback is maybe losing some up travel. Yes you would put the stock pitman arm back on and keep the raised tracbar bracket.
Good thing I was right cause I had to modify my raised tracbar bracket to fit with Artec Truss and I welded it on.
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The key is to keep the track bar and the drag link parallel to one another
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Originally Posted by 2climbbig
The key is to keep the track bar and the drag link parallel to one another
I was aware of that from researching but could I assume they will be parallel with stock pitman arm/drag link flip and raised tracbar bracket?
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Originally Posted by OCOutdoors
I was aware of that from researching but could I assume they will be parallel with stock pitman arm/drag link flip and raised tracbar bracket?
It should be depending on the bracket.
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Originally Posted by OCOutdoors
I was aware of that from researching but could I assume they will be parallel with stock pitman arm/drag link flip and raised tracbar bracket?
Correct. You use either:

drop pitman + the supplied tb bracket
or
stock pitman + drag link flipped to top of knuckle + trackbar bracket.

Having the drag link relocated at both ends (flipped to top of knuckle + lowering with drop pitman) will put the bars out of alignment.
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I tried the drop pitman arm. Twice actually. They didn't stay tight on the shaft out of the steering box. The splines would fall out. I did a rubicon express flip drag link. It's great now.
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I also run the poly flipped drag link with a stock pitman arm and raised TB bracket. No issues in over 2 years with any of it.
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I would get rid of the drop pitman arm and keep the axle mounted braket. It will do two things for you. 1. Should be enough to account for the flip. 2. Will move up your roll center which is a good thing.



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