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My new links. Uppers are 1-1/2" .250 wall DOM. Lowers are 1-3/4" x.375 wall 4130 chromo hardened to RC 39.
All have 2 1/2"Currie Johny joints with 3/4" through bolts.
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...they'll be bent in no time :awesomework:

Although the JJ's will smoothen up the ride a bit :redneck:
 
...they'll be bent in no time :awesomework:

Although the JJ's will smoothen up the ride a bit :redneck:
No doubt that they will eventually bend but I bet these take some abuse and last a while.

is there a link missing from the picture?

One is being worked on when the picture was taken.
 
Did you have the chromo links heat treated? If yes, what is the hardness before?
 
nice about time you got rid of the tractor hiems. Im going to replace my lowers and go cromo to:D
 
I'll take one...and be happy about it to :redneck:
I have yours picked out already. Illinois avenue and 25 cents off of a free cup of coffee.:flipoff:

Did you have the chromo links heat treated? If yes, what is the hardness before?

Yes I did. I don't think they test the material before but it should have been normalized which would be prety soft.
 
3/8th's wall lowers, I laugh. The jonnys will bend. Ive gone thru 6 of em.
 
All 4 of mine are bent :haha:

your 1 1/4 forged jonnys, Or your links? As ive said, Ive gone thru 6 of my jonnys, all lowers hooked to treated 1/2 wall links. I wonder if 3/8ths wall is a viable alternative really..Time will tell. I wonder what the weight diff is.
 
All my lower links :haha:

Something I am going to revamp this winter hopefully
 
So? That's why their rebuildable...I don't expect anything to live under there undamaged.

Exactly. Much better to have something that you can see get damaged instead of making everything so big that your ripping brackets off the housing.
 
So? That's why their rebuildable...I don't expect anything to live under there undamaged.

Mine bent after the thread and before the body. Mauler really got me thinking about this, My links are way stronger than my jonny's. However alum will bow a bit on impact, Taking stress off the jonnys/heims. At least the jonnys are cheap.

Also, Did you drill em out (thru bolt) or did they come that size?
 
However alum will bow a bit on impact, Taking stress off the jonnys/heims. At least the jonnys are cheap.
So will steel. 4130 is spring steel, diameter, thickness, heat treating all play a roll in how much it will bend and how much force it takes to bend it. I did some back yard math and some internet reading and the best I can tell my 4130 links will take about twice as much force before it will permanently bend as compared to 7075 aluminum.

Also, Did you drill em out (thru bolt) or did they come that size?
I bought them that way. I tried to drill out a smaller one but it's too hard to drill with common HSS drill bits.
 
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