The only concern is Rusty's rear control arm skids (front of control arm). Rockhard does not make these, and I could not find any other vendor. Rusty's are really nice. I am glad I bought them.
Almost seems like you wouldn’t need that bolt to hold the skid in place. HmmThe only concern is Rusty's rear control arm skids (front of control arm). Rockhard does not make these, and I could not find any other vendor. Rusty's are really nice. I am glad I bought them.
The only concern with Rusty's is the rear screw in this pic that helps hold the skid in place is off by 1/2 a bolt too low. Most people bolt it in place, then drill the control arm mount, pretty easy, but, will give you an oblong hole right there where you can see it, IF you ever decide to take off your skids. Not a big concern since you are not taking them off... In addition, the lower hole allows you to much easier put the nut on in back. The stock hole pushes the nut against the body. It might be why Rusty's did it like that...,
but, still, I decided to instead hog out the hole in the skid and not alter the hole in the control arm tab. This is much harder to do and time consuming... In addition, I barely cleared the body when putting the nut on that hole, but, I did clear....
Maybe.... but, it is the only control arm skid on the whole truck that only uses one side of the control arm bolt... The rest of the Rockhard skids use both sides of the control arm bolts...
Oh, good to know. That makes a difference then.
You are correct, I have these on my JT but these mount on the axle end of the lower control arm. The Rustys brand mounts onthe frame end of the control arm. That's the difference.
Correct, and I have found the frame brackets to be much more susceptible to damage on the JT due to the long wheelbase, and design of the mounts.
I’ve looked at those online, but I can’t tell what they mount to...
