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lukes link ?s

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#1 ·
how many of you guys are running these, ive heard about them before, and some guys were up in the air about them. just curious what the general opinion is about em. my truck is my driver not my toy, very mild off road. thanks. :bigthumb:
 
#2 ·
I run one and really like it, expecally compared to the replacment track bars. Although, i dont completely like the poly bushing, but it works.

Down side is that it doesnt seem like there is as much travel in the joint compared to stock.

THe mc Quay norris bars I put on before wouldnt last more than 10 miles until the upper joint was loose. Now after about 3000, my lukes link is nice and tight (but the bushing moves around alittle on me).
 
#4 ·
I ran them and they worked as a good band-aid for the TREs, but they upgraded 1-ton stuff is a much better use of your money. I still have one on my track bar, and it works good though. Not a bad product, but upgrade the TREs instead of getting Luke's Links. For a track bar, it seems to work pretty good so far though.
 
#5 ·
bro, definately a band aid like mentioned above, but NOT A PERMANENT fix. They will break. I had two of them crack - the actual metal is very thin on one end and both of them cracked at the same spot. I have two friends who also ran them and they all cracked for them also. PM me and I will give you there email address for verification. they work for a while, but are not meant to stand up to the torque you are going to place on them
 
#9 ·
i would only use it for the track bar, im going to upgrade to the chevy steering upgrade at the same time, again this is just for street use.
 
#10 ·
look at the link - not one on their web site an actual link. it's shaped like a "c" with the top half really thick, and the bottom portion really thin. there are two sides going down to make the "c" - right where the sides and the botton half meet is where they all crack. you are only as strong as your weakest link...
 
#11 ·
Yep, where the bottom part of the C connected to the rest of the main body. Also after about 6 weeks everytime i moved the wheel i heard a clunk. That was the biggest POS i've ever wasted money on for my truck. I think the best thing about it was hearing it hit the bottom of the trash barrel.
 
#12 ·
I never had any issues with cracking on the five I had on my truck. The one on the track bar has been on there for probably a year and a half now without any problems. I plan to upgrade to a custom track bar in the future, but for right now, the Luke's Link is working fine on there. :dunno::
 
#14 ·
On 2004-02-19 09:31, chuckhines wrote:
I never had any issues with cracking on the five I had on my truck. The one on the track bar has been on there for probably a year and a half now without any problems. I plan to upgrade to a custom track bar in the future, but for right now, the Luke's Link is working fine on there. :dunno::

:withstupid:
Maybe some had casting flaws?
 
#15 ·
bro, just remember, you have to disassemble the ball joint you are putting the luke link on, you have to grind off the bottom and take it apart, so if that luke link fails going down the road, the whole frigging ball joint is coming out. not so bad on the track bar, but what if you loose steering because of it?
 
#16 ·
On 2004-02-19 16:08, wpbmed wrote:
bro, just remember, you have to disassemble the ball joint you are putting the luke link on, you have to grind off the bottom and take it apart, so if that luke link fails going down the road, the whole frigging ball joint is coming out. not so bad on the track bar, but what if you loose steering because of it?

the lukes link is more beefy than the little pressed-on cap you are grinding off to get at the ball joint.
 
#17 ·
On 2004-02-19 09:33, chuckhines wrote:
Just noticed something...

stupidity is not a crime..... your free to go.

"your" should be replaced with "you're". :flipoff:
:fu: :rotfl:
 
#18 ·
more beefy than the cap on a ball joint??? BS - I have never seen a ball joint fall apart - I have seen 5 luke links fall apart ... and the cap end isn't where all the load is placed on a ball joint, all it's doing is holding it all together. the forces act side to side on a ball joint. the same side to side movement that destroys the aluminum luke link
 
#19 ·
I have seen three tire rod ends fall completely apart to the point where the ball /stud was still connected to the arm on the spindle and the rest of the tie rod and end lay on the ground . Fortunatly each time I have seen this happen it was either when the car or truck was just parked or just put in gear and moved about a foot.As far as Luke Links breaking , I have never broke one but I guess if ya try hard enough you can break most anything . I have not had any problems personally with the Lukes links when used on a track bar which is the only place I have used them to this point . If you don`t need a longer than stock track bar I recomend them . If you need or want a longer track bar as I do, I`d say go with the DT track bar .
 
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