Mike Romain

I wheel a fair bit and watch folks with those 'quick' disconnects vs
others with a wrench.

The folks that use a wrench win hands down for time taken to unhook and
hook back up.

These folks with a wrench have to remove one nut and then install the
same nut after. It takes them about 30 seconds, then they have to go
over with 4 or 5 others and maybe a jack or two to help the folks with
the 'quick' disconnects get the things lined back up to reconnect them.

But hey, they aren't false advertising, they are quick disconnecting,
it's just hooking them back up....

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Jeff wrote:
>
> One of my next purchases is gonna be quick disconnects..... Are quick
> disconnects... all the same... some better for some reason....
> What's the deal?? opinions please

Chad Fraker

Don't spend the $. Here's a link to an XJ with quick disco's on a budget.
Work the same for your TJ. When I did this for my TJ, it took about $5. I
keep some plastic zip ties and just tie the swaybars up and out of the way
when I disconnect them.

http://hookedonjeeps.rockcrawler.com...%20Discos.html

just my $0.02

Chad
95 YJ RIP
02 TJ His
99 WJ Hers

"Jeff" <jrhiltz@av.eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:v4Wec.26737$kc2.376379@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> One of my next purchases is gonna be quick disconnects..... Are quick
> disconnects... all the same... some better for some reason....
> What's the deal?? opinions please
>
>

Chad Fraker

Don't spend the $. Here's a link to an XJ with quick disco's on a budget.
Work the same for your TJ. When I did this for my TJ, it took about $5. I
keep some plastic zip ties and just tie the swaybars up and out of the way
when I disconnect them.

http://hookedonjeeps.rockcrawler.com...%20Discos.html

just my $0.02

Chad
95 YJ RIP
02 TJ His
99 WJ Hers

"Jeff" <jrhiltz@av.eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:v4Wec.26737$kc2.376379@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> One of my next purchases is gonna be quick disconnects..... Are quick
> disconnects... all the same... some better for some reason....
> What's the deal?? opinions please
>
>

Chad Fraker

Don't spend the $. Here's a link to an XJ with quick disco's on a budget.
Work the same for your TJ. When I did this for my TJ, it took about $5. I
keep some plastic zip ties and just tie the swaybars up and out of the way
when I disconnect them.

http://hookedonjeeps.rockcrawler.com...%20Discos.html

just my $0.02

Chad
95 YJ RIP
02 TJ His
99 WJ Hers

"Jeff" <jrhiltz@av.eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:v4Wec.26737$kc2.376379@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> One of my next purchases is gonna be quick disconnects..... Are quick
> disconnects... all the same... some better for some reason....
> What's the deal?? opinions please
>
>

Chad Fraker

Don't spend the $. Here's a link to an XJ with quick disco's on a budget.
Work the same for your TJ. When I did this for my TJ, it took about $5. I
keep some plastic zip ties and just tie the swaybars up and out of the way
when I disconnect them.

http://hookedonjeeps.rockcrawler.com...%20Discos.html

just my $0.02

Chad
95 YJ RIP
02 TJ His
99 WJ Hers

"Jeff" <jrhiltz@av.eastlink.ca> wrote in message
news:v4Wec.26737$kc2.376379@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> One of my next purchases is gonna be quick disconnects..... Are quick
> disconnects... all the same... some better for some reason....
> What's the deal?? opinions please
>
>

Steve

Hi Mike,

I did my time with the wrench and I much prefer the jks. No way I could
have possibly wrenched the OEM links faster than I can operate the jks.
Not to mention that fumbling around in the dark with nuts and bolts can
be a real pain. With the jks quickers, just pull one pin and swing em up
out of the way:

http://www.bgnor.com/img/utils/jks_img15.gif

Perhaps the problems you've observed come from trying to reconnect on
uneven ground (also a problem for OEM links). Maybe they're using a
centre-link style that don't line up so easy. I usually just drive to
the nearest flat surface and the jks links slip on slick as snot. Five
seconds per side max, on or off.

Steve

Mike Romain wrote:
> I wheel a fair bit and watch folks with those 'quick' disconnects vs
> others with a wrench.
>
> The folks that use a wrench win hands down for time taken to unhook and
> hook back up.
>
> These folks with a wrench have to remove one nut and then install the
> same nut after. It takes them about 30 seconds, then they have to go
> over with 4 or 5 others and maybe a jack or two to help the folks with
> the 'quick' disconnects get the things lined back up to reconnect them.
>
> But hey, they aren't false advertising, they are quick disconnecting,
> it's just hooking them back up....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jeff wrote:
>
>>One of my next purchases is gonna be quick disconnects..... Are quick
>>disconnects... all the same... some better for some reason....
>>What's the deal?? opinions please

Steve

Hi Mike,

I did my time with the wrench and I much prefer the jks. No way I could
have possibly wrenched the OEM links faster than I can operate the jks.
Not to mention that fumbling around in the dark with nuts and bolts can
be a real pain. With the jks quickers, just pull one pin and swing em up
out of the way:

http://www.bgnor.com/img/utils/jks_img15.gif

Perhaps the problems you've observed come from trying to reconnect on
uneven ground (also a problem for OEM links). Maybe they're using a
centre-link style that don't line up so easy. I usually just drive to
the nearest flat surface and the jks links slip on slick as snot. Five
seconds per side max, on or off.

Steve

Mike Romain wrote:
> I wheel a fair bit and watch folks with those 'quick' disconnects vs
> others with a wrench.
>
> The folks that use a wrench win hands down for time taken to unhook and
> hook back up.
>
> These folks with a wrench have to remove one nut and then install the
> same nut after. It takes them about 30 seconds, then they have to go
> over with 4 or 5 others and maybe a jack or two to help the folks with
> the 'quick' disconnects get the things lined back up to reconnect them.
>
> But hey, they aren't false advertising, they are quick disconnecting,
> it's just hooking them back up....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jeff wrote:
>
>>One of my next purchases is gonna be quick disconnects..... Are quick
>>disconnects... all the same... some better for some reason....
>>What's the deal?? opinions please

Steve

Hi Mike,

I did my time with the wrench and I much prefer the jks. No way I could
have possibly wrenched the OEM links faster than I can operate the jks.
Not to mention that fumbling around in the dark with nuts and bolts can
be a real pain. With the jks quickers, just pull one pin and swing em up
out of the way:

http://www.bgnor.com/img/utils/jks_img15.gif

Perhaps the problems you've observed come from trying to reconnect on
uneven ground (also a problem for OEM links). Maybe they're using a
centre-link style that don't line up so easy. I usually just drive to
the nearest flat surface and the jks links slip on slick as snot. Five
seconds per side max, on or off.

Steve

Mike Romain wrote:
> I wheel a fair bit and watch folks with those 'quick' disconnects vs
> others with a wrench.
>
> The folks that use a wrench win hands down for time taken to unhook and
> hook back up.
>
> These folks with a wrench have to remove one nut and then install the
> same nut after. It takes them about 30 seconds, then they have to go
> over with 4 or 5 others and maybe a jack or two to help the folks with
> the 'quick' disconnects get the things lined back up to reconnect them.
>
> But hey, they aren't false advertising, they are quick disconnecting,
> it's just hooking them back up....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jeff wrote:
>
>>One of my next purchases is gonna be quick disconnects..... Are quick
>>disconnects... all the same... some better for some reason....
>>What's the deal?? opinions please

Steve

Hi Mike,

I did my time with the wrench and I much prefer the jks. No way I could
have possibly wrenched the OEM links faster than I can operate the jks.
Not to mention that fumbling around in the dark with nuts and bolts can
be a real pain. With the jks quickers, just pull one pin and swing em up
out of the way:

http://www.bgnor.com/img/utils/jks_img15.gif

Perhaps the problems you've observed come from trying to reconnect on
uneven ground (also a problem for OEM links). Maybe they're using a
centre-link style that don't line up so easy. I usually just drive to
the nearest flat surface and the jks links slip on slick as snot. Five
seconds per side max, on or off.

Steve

Mike Romain wrote:
> I wheel a fair bit and watch folks with those 'quick' disconnects vs
> others with a wrench.
>
> The folks that use a wrench win hands down for time taken to unhook and
> hook back up.
>
> These folks with a wrench have to remove one nut and then install the
> same nut after. It takes them about 30 seconds, then they have to go
> over with 4 or 5 others and maybe a jack or two to help the folks with
> the 'quick' disconnects get the things lined back up to reconnect them.
>
> But hey, they aren't false advertising, they are quick disconnecting,
> it's just hooking them back up....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jeff wrote:
>
>>One of my next purchases is gonna be quick disconnects..... Are quick
>>disconnects... all the same... some better for some reason....
>>What's the deal?? opinions please

Jerry Bransford

Mike, the benefit to a disco like Tera's (and now JKS's) is that they
provide a method to quickly secure the disconnected swaybar and swaybar link
up and out of the way. When you keep the stock links and just unbolt them,
you have to use bungee cords or zip-ties to hold the swaybar up and out of
the way.

Jerry
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"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:407D37DB.19DD7253@sympatico.ca...
> I wheel a fair bit and watch folks with those 'quick' disconnects vs
> others with a wrench.
>
> The folks that use a wrench win hands down for time taken to unhook and
> hook back up.
>
> These folks with a wrench have to remove one nut and then install the
> same nut after. It takes them about 30 seconds, then they have to go
> over with 4 or 5 others and maybe a jack or two to help the folks with
> the 'quick' disconnects get the things lined back up to reconnect them.
>
> But hey, they aren't false advertising, they are quick disconnecting,
> it's just hooking them back up....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Jeff wrote:
> >
> > One of my next purchases is gonna be quick disconnects..... Are quick
> > disconnects... all the same... some better for some reason....
> > What's the deal?? opinions please