Has anyone tried this kit? It very simply lifts your sway bar motor on Rubicons up 1 3/4" and only costs about $20. Very simple install. Seems like a great inexpensive way to get that expensive motor further up and out of the way.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with this or not and can comment on it?
Since you've got a '12 there's a minor difference in the work.
There is no airflow shield to cut like the instructions show.
The other thing is there's a power steering hard line that runs along the bottom of the radiator that needs bent a little to prevent rubbing. It can be done by hand.
I posted this up in my build thread also, but it seems like a good idea to post here too.
I encountered some issues installing the Metalcloak bolt. I quickly discovered mine isn't like the layout shown in the videos. I don't have a plastic cover to trim, rather I have a hard line. I didn't realize it was for the power steering until reading your post.
It's okay to simply bend that line enough to make clearance for the plug?
Here's the picture of mine showing the interference between the plug and hard line. It looks like I'll need to bend it quite a bit. How robust is that line?
Do you know if this mod can be done with a warn elite already installed? I really wouldn't want to go through having to remove and reinstall the bumper. Oh yeah mines a 2012 by the way.
Didnt cost me a thing. I reused the stock hardware. Theyre is plenty of writeups on this. You can change the bolt if it makes you feel better, or spend the 20 bucks, but I can tell you I didnt buy anything to flip mine.
I'm curious how the motor works. Does anyone have a photo of the insides of one? is the sway bar two pieces and joined in the motor housing? The only thing that worries me about this mod is the turning of the motor housing, do the gears realign themselves?
I'm curious how the motor works. Does anyone have a photo of the insides of one? is the sway bar two pieces and joined in the motor housing? The only thing that worries me about this mod is the turning of the motor housing, do the gears realign themselves?
This is awesome and exactly what I wanted to see. From the looks of it the housing can be rotated without affecting the internal gear connection. Obviously that's the case, which is why you can do this mod. It's just reassuring to verify it with pictures, at least for me. Thanks.
The only advantage I see from the E-disco is convenience. Rather than crawling under the jeep and disconnecting manually, you can do it from inside with a push of a button. Mechanically, it's safer to disconnect manually, less chanc for things to go wrong. I have seen rub icons at full flex while E-Disco'ed have their sway bay wrap around the wrong way. The tolerance are so tight at that point that its literally a 50/50 chance it could flip around. By fully disconnecting manually there's no chance of that happening.
The warranty only exists for manufacturers defect. So if you maliciously damage the jeep by off roaring, they can choose not to cover it.
Last time I was in the dealer some guy broke his oil pan off road and wanted it covered under warranty. They said "umm..no". It's the same type of deal
I went out last night to put the skid row front skid on my Rubicon and noticed it didn't really seem to "work".
I came back in, went to their site, and noticed there's a Rubicon skid just for the e-disco tech. Now I have to send the skid row skid back to q-tec. Should have been more careful ordering.
Which skid row plate did you get I didn't have any problems with min and was wondering if mine has already been flipped. The skid row plat I got was the small one though.
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