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    Default Re: Quick disconnects - Feedback?

    I understand, keep us informed.

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    Installed these today, since I already had a set of aftermarket disconnects, these went fast. Pictures later.

    Design is not bad at all, and I like the idea of having a way to pin up the links.

    But there are some flaws with the directions. They do include directions with pictures, but but where detail is needed,the pictures are not very useful.

    For example, the connecting rod is tilted for clearance, but the tilt is subtle, and I had to test-fit both ways, both installed on the pin and off, to figure out the right orientation. A clear diagram would have been useful, along with a diagram of how the washers and bushing stack.

    But, considering how much cheaper these are compared to some of the disconnects out there, maybe the "not perfectly clear" directions are not so bad.

    I do basically have to re-do the install in the morning, my son was helping and we ended up with each side being assembled slightly different, because the pictures were not detailed enough for my son and I to see the assembly the way.
    2003 WJ Daily Adventuremobile
    1985 MF 250 Tractor (Fixed!!!)
    1999 XJ (in pieces in the driveway)
    1991 Explorer (Cracked Heads)(Stock, for now )
    1989 F150 (In progress-Blown freeze plugs)
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    Round two on the disconnects....still not sure who won though....

    Passenger side link...

    I am guessing the track bar here is pulling over, so this link a little out of sorts...hopefully.


    Driver side link...



    Like I said on the directions, they had pictures, but I felt I was guessing the assembly order on some of the fasteners. And the hitch pins I am trying this way. My son and I each did a side on Saturday, and each of us assembled it differently. I had the hitch pin running up and down, and he did his front to back. After looking at it, I swapped mine to match his. Still not sure which way is "correct".
    Last edited by Dredwolf; 01-13-2013 at 09:25 PM.
    2003 WJ Daily Adventuremobile
    1985 MF 250 Tractor (Fixed!!!)
    1999 XJ (in pieces in the driveway)
    1991 Explorer (Cracked Heads)(Stock, for now )
    1989 F150 (In progress-Blown freeze plugs)
    2003 Explorer 1.5" body lift, F150 towhooks, rare OEM skidplates, 265/70-16 Cooper Discoverer AT3's
    1979 K20, (in pieces in the yard) 350, NP465, NP205, Custom Rust Patches
    1970 C30 (tires tore open by bushhog)

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