Truss help
09-14-2014, 02:48 PM
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We have a local guy in our group with an Artec truss on a D44 and it has hit his oil pan twice (last time was a pretty hard hit). I don't the specifics to his setup, but he's running typical stuff. I guess that's not the frame, haha. There are many variables, but generally speaking, the truss doesn't work with stock suspension. To the OP, the best bet is to just call Artec and ask. They're really good about answering your questions.
09-14-2014, 06:07 PM
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09-05-2016, 02:23 PM
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Two of my friends have now cracked there upper oil pan on the 3.6 with the Artec truss. Both were on d30's one with 4.5" of lift with 37's and one with 3.5" of lift with 35's. My 3.8 Rubicon is fine but there is definitely some major trimming on the truss needed for the 3.6 engine
09-05-2016, 02:48 PM
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Two of my friends have now cracked there upper oil pan on the 3.6 with the Artec truss. Both were on d30's one with 4.5" of lift with 37's and one with 3.5" of lift with 35's. My 3.8 Rubicon is fine but there is definitely some major trimming on the truss needed for the 3.6 engine
09-05-2016, 07:02 PM
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Two of my friends have now cracked there upper oil pan on the 3.6 with the Artec truss. Both were on d30's one with 4.5" of lift with 37's and one with 3.5" of lift with 35's. My 3.8 Rubicon is fine but there is definitely some major trimming on the truss needed for the 3.6 engine
Man - I better go check mine now
09-05-2016, 08:22 PM
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09-05-2016, 11:37 PM
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09-06-2016, 06:42 AM
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I have an artec truss with a 2.5" lift. The kit came with 2" bump stop for the front so I could fit 35s without tearing off my stock fenders. I still rub at full flex and turning but I haven't hit anything new with the truss. A good 2.5" lift should lift a sagged heavy suspension a little over 4" (closer to 3" over stock).
09-06-2016, 08:39 AM
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My Artec truss was hitting my front trackbar bolt at the frame mount. This was with 3" front bumpstops. Part of this depended on what length I had my lca's set at. But to get 4 degrees castor with stock upper arms I needed to notch a small area of the the truss about 1" long x 1/4" deep. As far as I can tell this was the only area it hit anything on my 2011 JKUR.
I probably could have just reversed the bolt but it was faster to just bust out the grinder and some spray paint, lol...
I probably could have just reversed the bolt but it was faster to just bust out the grinder and some spray paint, lol...
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