H20BUG
04-19-2001, 12:23 AM
Hey All,
Well its two in the morning and I've spent 4 hours, burned up one drill, broke 5 drill bits, dulled out two uni-bits and purchased a new chisel for nothing just to install these damn JKS Quick disconnects. As we all know, or at least I do, that Jeep presses in the stock sway bar mounts on the axle. Well I have tried everything, and I mean everything, to get both sides to budge loose and it is simply not happening, I even went and bought an air chisel to see what help that would be, all it did was flatten the tip like a pancake.
My only option was to drill the damn thing out. Well I got one side after about 2 hours but the other side is kicking my butt. Its gotten so bad that I had to give up for the simple fact that I ran out of drill bits trying to get this damn thing drilled. I really hope all this labor and cussing is worth my time. I have an event this weekend to go to and I don't want to be stuck like last time spending about an hour reconnecting my Rusty's Disconnects, which by the way are total dog you know what!
I just wanted to let those who have not ventured into doing the JKS disconnects to be patient and that taking out the stock pressed pins really bites. I almost laughed when I read Tiffs mod when she stated that her pins came out easy with an air chisel, well not for me, I guess I got the only year and model that seem like they are welded on. Anyhow, I just wanted to vent and warn those who have not tried this yet. Thanks for the space.
Well its two in the morning and I've spent 4 hours, burned up one drill, broke 5 drill bits, dulled out two uni-bits and purchased a new chisel for nothing just to install these damn JKS Quick disconnects. As we all know, or at least I do, that Jeep presses in the stock sway bar mounts on the axle. Well I have tried everything, and I mean everything, to get both sides to budge loose and it is simply not happening, I even went and bought an air chisel to see what help that would be, all it did was flatten the tip like a pancake.
My only option was to drill the damn thing out. Well I got one side after about 2 hours but the other side is kicking my butt. Its gotten so bad that I had to give up for the simple fact that I ran out of drill bits trying to get this damn thing drilled. I really hope all this labor and cussing is worth my time. I have an event this weekend to go to and I don't want to be stuck like last time spending about an hour reconnecting my Rusty's Disconnects, which by the way are total dog you know what!
I just wanted to let those who have not ventured into doing the JKS disconnects to be patient and that taking out the stock pressed pins really bites. I almost laughed when I read Tiffs mod when she stated that her pins came out easy with an air chisel, well not for me, I guess I got the only year and model that seem like they are welded on. Anyhow, I just wanted to vent and warn those who have not tried this yet. Thanks for the space.