I'm such a tease...

[Michael Slade]

New product for the Jeep guys. I don't even know what's in the box...but it's bound to be cool.

I won't show you in this thread either...that is why I'm such a tease.

You'll find out about it soon though. VERY soon... :Wow1:

 

[JIMBO]

:sombrero: Ha Ha Ha, you can't tease me, cause I won't even look at this post, smart alec

:Wow1::safari-rig::safari-rig: JIMBO

PS, I know what it is !! A hemi conversion kit (with engine) !!

 

[Michael Slade]

I'm looking at the actual thing right now and I don't even know how it works. Very cool.

 

[getlost4x4]

i can read the top. it says ..... water....tank

 

[RedDog]

Interesting shape. It appears generally square at the far end but seems to flare out at the bottom on the near side.

 

[Michael Slade]

Holy crap, this thing is sweet. Think Star Wars meets Sway Bar. I think we should have called it the Star Bar...but that's a piece of candy I think.

 

[XXXpedition]

oh, i know what's in the box...
i love those heavy duty cutting boards :elkgrin:

 

[The Swiss]

Did you get the extra-low hanging chrome nerf bars or the under-body neon kit? :snorkel:

 

[jeepmedic46]

Think I know what it is.:sombrero:

 

[MC4X4]

i bet you are one of those guys who hangs on to all his easter eggs until everyone else has finished, then you bring out yours.
cheers MC

 

[Root Moose]

Holy crap, this thing is sweet. Think Star Wars meets Sway Bar. I think we should have called it the Star Bar...but that's a piece of candy I think.

Sounds interesting.

Sway-Loc taken to the next level?

 

[mmccurdy]

If it's this thing, I'm interested in some pics or a mini-review.... hosed my disconnects and thinking about whether I want to replace them or step up to one of the various multi-rate options out there....

 

[Maximus Ram]

Ohhhh, just take it out and show us, Mr. Slade

:Wow1::sombrero:

 

[Michael Slade]

If it's this thing, I'm interested in some pics or a mini-review.... hosed my disconnects and thinking about whether I want to replace them or step up to one of the various multi-rate options out there....

It is in fact, THAT THING. It is super sweet. I have not ridden in a vehicle equipped with said device, in fact this is the first time I'd ever heard of it...so it's pretty new to me. It does look absolutely BEAUTIFUL and it will be fun to photograph.

I do all of JKS's studio work, and a good bit of their location work as well. This is typical JKS quality, plus a little 'extra'. You might want to wait a few weeks and see where that puts you. Price point is VERY competitive. That's about all I can say before I get myself in trouble. I can NOT show you the item in question. :Wow1:

 

[ntsqd]

If it's this thing, I'm interested in some pics or a mini-review.... hosed my disconnects and thinking about whether I want to replace them or step up to one of the various multi-rate options out there....

If it is what I suspect that it is, I have a model of it around here somewhere. I've been proposing it as an option to disconnects since about 1998. The idea is far from new, I first saw it used on an Indy car in 1996. I'll guess that the chassis that I saw it on was at least 3 years old at the time, which means that F1 probably had them for 10 years prior to my seeing it.

Full Soft setting:

Full Stiff setting:

Forget about it being tunable, which was the F1/Indy car goal. At any setting other than full stiff or full soft the tip of the blade will deflect laterally in the direction of least resistance. The result of this being that the swaybar's effective stiffness is nearly unchanged until very near the full stiff setting. Which really doesn't matter for OR use. Generally we only care about the two extremes anyway.
In an effort to stop the lateral deflection the Indy chassis that I first saw it on had been fitted with a cage and the tip of the blade had a sealed bearing fitted to it. The cage contained the bearing and limited the lateral deflection to a minute amount, but it also removed some of the suspension's dynamic suppleness in the process.