Do I need a drop Pitman Arm?

Installing a 4.5" RE lift on the YJ today. Do I need a new drop pitman arm to accommodate for the additional lift?

Yeah, you'll need the drop arm. I had the same lift on mine. Still had a lot of angle to it.

Bryan

dont put the drop arm in unless you lower the upper panhard bar mount so the panhard bar and drag link are parrell.

If it's the RE kit you should have the mounts to adjust everything like bmf24 was suggesting.

Bryan

Quote from "bmf24"

dont put the drop arm in unless you lower the upper panhard bar mount so the panhard bar and drag link are parrell.

if you mean the trac bar for the pan hard bar.... we just got rid of that shit......doesnt make since to me why oyu need it anyway.... we got hsi jep all done except the brake lines and no pitman arm and he said it drives fine so I guess on this jeep you dont need it.....

You want at least the front track bar. It will keep the front axle from shifting side to side when you hit a bump. Less stress on the springs. Help keep things centered, ya know.

Bryan

no I dont know whyt leafs need a trac bar.... especially with poly bushings.... I dont really think they need one and bbd who was a firm beliver in his took his off....

also before you respond what other leaf sprung vehicles run trac bars.....

No need to get snappy. Look at some early fords! Hell, come look under my Dodge smart ass! If running strickly off road, who cares. On road use or a DD, pretty scarey once thing lossen up a bit. Gives you more of a stable platform. If your such an engineering mystro, why even have a track bar from the factory? What the hell do poly bushings have to do with anything? Absorb minute bits of movement.

Bryan

Quote from "B2hi"

No need to get snappy. Look at some early fords! Hell, come look under my Dodge smart #$$! If running strickly off road, who cares. On road use or a DD, pretty scarey once thing lossen up a bit. Gives you more of a stable platform. If your such an engineering mystro, why even have a track bar from the factory? What the hell do poly bushings have to do with anything? Absorb minute bits of movement.

Bryan

wow man take a chill pill will you! This is the classic trac bar debate that happens here all the time. Some of you think they are needed and some of us think they are a waste of time and flex. I fell that they are a waste of time and flex so I dont put them on you think they are needed great use it. Like slimer said cj7's didnt have them and nether did scouts. I was looking to see if you had a good reason to put it back on you dont so thats fine I thought maybe you could teach me something but you answered with a because thats why type of answer so you dont even know why they need to be there

oh yeah I forgot to address why I brought up poly bushings.... poly bushings are harder and dont flex/defelect as much as rubber bushings and this would decrease the slight amount of side to side movement you would get out of the axle while steering......

thats a good question will a trac bar replace what sway bar is supposed to do... I dont see how it would....... tlak to me some more paul as to why you think having a trac bar would have made things better with a broken sway bar. sway bars are made to limit the amount the springs can flex from one another and a trac bar keeps the axle in line with the jeep. 2 different animals in my book....

I am all about learning and I by no means know it all so i am willing to listen and learn...

No panhard bar on road..... no big deal. No sway bar now that could be a problem. Just look at the job each part does and it is fairly self explanatory.

I have a CJ so it never had a trac bar. The CJ I drive, I can disconnect the sway bar and not notice it. I ran it without one for a few months, because I was too lazy to put it back on.

I'm assuming there is a reason it's there since the engineers at the factory put it in. But I think it may be there to help people who don't drive their jeep like a jeep; they drive it like a sports car or something.

Like someone said I'm not trying to fuel the fire, I would remove them if I had them, but that's only because I don't see it's needed. But I'm just a Redneck Engineer... (well actually I'll be a computer engineer soon, but that's completely different).

here is some reading on the issue.

http://www.coloradok5.com/foru…e/index.php/t-130668.html

It looks like the panhard bar has a direct effect on the center of gravity and roll over of the vehicle