2 Link

Ive searched the site.....even made my eyes hurt looking for my answers.........Is a 2 link a good idea?? How would you do your 2 link??

everyone has an opinon on this...research and roll with what you feel is right. Bottom line is its yours, make it how you want it. Im cool with them.

Yea everybody has there own opinion on them. From an engineering and handling aspect they suck. I ended up getting a silver star customs one for my ranger though a trade and figured I would try to get some first hand experiance with them. I think I've had it on the truck for a year now and honestly its not that bad, granted I do have bag on axle and not on the bars and who knows my u joints could go out tomorrow but it was purely for an experement any ways. I'm gona do a fwd triangulated 4 link regardless once the explorers done.

On paper a 2 link is a terrible design. In the real world it works ok. If you don't need 20" of lift or want to 3 wheel you shouldn't have any problems.

Set your pinion angle at ride height and it should still be acceptable at full lift and drop.

On my burb I used the front hangers and just moved them forward so I could run really long bars, around 58" I think, the longer the better.

I used 2 1/4 square tubing because that is what the original leaf springs are and I could just use the flip kit mounts. I then welded some pieces on the side for the u-bolts to run through and mounted the bag on the bar itself about 3/4 the way to the axle.

On a dually meant for towing I would run the bags over the axle. I would also try to just weld new perches on, but using a flip kit works also. It's pretty simple really?

Now on my dually I will be running a 3 or 4 link with a watts.(Just a little disclaimer).

Im just curios cause Im not real sure I want to do a full 4 link on my dually when I already have a mighty max Im doin back half 4 link body drop Z the frame and drop the core support.........Just wanting to make my dually simple bag.....maybe a 2 link for now and a 4 link later??? If I do a 2 link should I weld the lower U bolt plates to the 2 link or?? Any good pics or suggestions??

I cut my u-bolt plates and welded them to the side, thought it looked cleaner.