Re: Traction Bar Design - 4 Heims VS 2 Heims and SOLID LCA Mount
 

Ive seen all 3 types of bars created

Most common is the 3 tow hooks alone, I think Josh @ JK_Motorsports changed to using both the tow hook holes and the underneath plate

And Ive seen a few just utilizing the stock crossmember bolt holes.

Search UP ETD racing on ebay or there site and thats the kinda bar they make (stock member location only)

Re: Traction Bar Design - 4 Heims VS 2 Heims and SOLID LCA Mount
 

How exactly is a Jimfab style bar adjusted anyways?

Looking at pictures, they seem to be one solid piece of bar, milled and drilled for the LCA at one end, then tapped for the heim at the front.

If the bar is installed and locked down to the LCA how do you turn the bar up and or down the threads to make adjustments?

Re: Traction Bar Design - 4 Heims VS 2 Heims and SOLID LCA Mount
 

No, EF are exactly the same as DA with regards to LCAs and crossmembers, and ED are very similar. The radius rods and crossmember assembly has nothing to do with the tow hooks.

Pop the heim free from the crossmember, loosen the lock nut, twist as needed, tighten lock nut and bolt back to the crossmember. Pretty simple.

Re: Traction Bar Design - 4 Heims VS 2 Heims and SOLID LCA Mount
 

Wouldnt that make it so the bar could no longer be installed though since the bolt wouldnt fit back thru?

Re: Traction Bar Design - 4 Heims VS 2 Heims and SOLID LCA Mount
 

ED chassis LCAs dance around without the radius rods connected, bro, even after you've upgraded to poly bushes. If you tried to drive without them installed a stock Si WOT power output should be enough to rip the LCA free from it's inboard mounting point.

Re: Traction Bar Design - 4 Heims VS 2 Heims and SOLID LCA Mount
 

??? I meant, if you unbolt the heim from the crossbar, turn it a few clockwise turns into the bar, then try and reinstall it, wont the bolt holes of the HEIM and the crossbar mount now no longer line up, thus causing you not to be able to slide the bolt back through?

Re: Traction Bar Design - 4 Heims VS 2 Heims and SOLID LCA Mount
 

You mean the LCA, which dances around and takes at most 20 lbs force to deflect two inches, is going to keep the radius rod from reaching the crossmember?

:P

Re: Traction Bar Design - 4 Heims VS 2 Heims and SOLID LCA Mount
 

Did JK Motorsports ever fix the 'issue' of the breaking pieces that was a big topic a while back? The only reason I ask is because I was looking to get traction bars also, but Im starting to lean towards a set i saw on ebay by ETD (I think thats what they were called, they were canadian too) if JK hasnt fixed/upgraded the design.

Re: Traction Bar Design - 4 Heims VS 2 Heims and SOLID LCA Mount
 

Search some EDT bars on Honda-Tech, alot of people had some pretty big problems with them, bending and the hardware snapping, some very ungodly damage to a few cars.

Id look elsewhere

Re: Traction Bar Design - 4 Heims VS 2 Heims and SOLID LCA Mount
 

If i remember correct;ly, jk fixed the issue with the new bars and he and lsd offered to fix the old ones for free with the new mounting design