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Like the company itself, that first offering-the Quick Disconnect-grew into the Quicker Disconnect. For 4x4s that have to serve double duty as highway transportation and no-pavement fun mobiles, a sway bar serves the rig well during the former, but restricts the fun during the latter. The unit functions like a torsion bar, resisting body roll during cornering and stabilizing the body in relation to the suspension. In other words, the suspension can be bopping and reeling while you sip your coffee with confidence.
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The JKS disconnect is basically two pieces: the upper half installs on the sway bar, the lower on the axle. With the lynch pin in place and the two halves together, your sway bar does its job on the highway. Remove the pin, swing the swaybar up out of the way, secure it to the vehicle, and you've got up to 30 percent more front axle articulation. That percentage should keep all four tires on the ground, no matter where the ground happens to be.
Without the luxury of a fully-locking differential, the one tire suspended in mid-air will be the one getting all the power and you'll be stuck, hopefully on a trek where no one's going to put that ugly picture on YouTube. The improvements realized by the Quicker Disconnect include the ability to fine-tune the unit's length to compensate for vehicle modifications. These modifications include minor lifts and heavy accessories that impact ride height, or simple changes like spring settling or sagging. While the Quick version can only be operated on even surfaces, the Quicker can be disconnected on uneven surfaces.
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The ACOS Pro can be the solution. Like the original ACOS, the Pro's threaded adjuster ring allows for easy ride-height adjustment at each corner of the vehicle. On most applications, installation increases ride height by 1.375 inches, with a maximum increase of 3.25 inches, without removing any suspension components. The inclusion of a nitrogen-charged bump shock prevents bottoming out at high speeds or under heavy loads. The use of nitrogen charging prevents the enclosed oil from becoming aerated at high speeds. (If this happens, the internal valve cannot function properly.) The nitrogen pressure can also be adjusted to increase the compression rate for heavy vehicles or decreased for lighter ones.
While JKS focuses primarily on system components, the recently introduced J-Spec is a multi-stage suspension system for 1997 to '06 Wrangler TJs ( a full system for 2007 JKs is on the horizon). The J-Spec springs boost TKs by four inches to accommodate oversized-up to 33-inch-tires plus provide additional ground clearance and extreme wheel travel.
The springs are designed with more coils and a lower pitch to prevent sagging. They are shot-peened, load tested, and scragged. This isa process that relieves surface tension from the spring material after it is formed. This sets the coil spring's memory so that it reliably maintains the lift height it was designed with. The coil springs are mated with Bilstein shocks made to JKS specifications with internal valving and extended/compressed lengths to match the springs.
One way to look at the JKS product line: the company manufactures the parts that other companies might leave out of their kits. Case in point: the Adjustable Control Arms. As the height of your Jeep rises, or the overall weight of the vehicle increases with heavy-duty accessories, the caster and pinion angles change. These angles refer to the forward or backward tilt of the axle housing. Caster affects the steering linkage on the front axle; pinion angle affects the driveline angle at both the front and rear axles. The JKS units allow the driver to change the angle settings by extending or shortening the length of the upper and/or lower control arms independently. Plus, each end of the control arm rotates independently to accommodate extreme suspension travel. Fine pitch adjustment threads offer superior turning ability and strength, placing the Adjustable Control Arms above the competition.
We could virtually fill the magazine with JKS product descriptions - from steering, brake and drive-train components to leaf spring components, shock, body and motor mounts and protective components like the Super Nerfs. We can't, so we'll end with the Adjustable Trackbars.
The OE trackbar, attached to the chassis and axle on opposite sides of the vehicle, controls the lateral movement of the axle housing. However, its fixed length does not allow for ride-height adjustments. When the distances between the two mounting points are changed, the axle housing is out of alignment with the rest of the vehicle.
With the adjustable JKS trackbar, the axle housing can be perfectly centered under the vehicle. Manufactured from 1.25- by 0.156-inch DOM tubing, the trackbars are bent to OE specs for optimum geometry and clearance.They feature bushings chosen to provide maximum off-road performance and minimum road noise and vibrations.
Your garage may not share the inspirational qualities of Nollette's, but with his company's line of off-road-ready, extra-strong components, it doesn't really have to. You can just use yours to install all of JKS' Jeep suspension bits and know you'll have a rig that inspires confidence on the trail.
SOURCE
JKS Manufacturing, Inc.
190 Husker Road (shipping address)
P.O. Box 98 (mailing address)
Alliance, NE
69301
308-762-6949
www.jksmfg.com
