3 link or radias arms?

[OpTimuS]

Originally Posted by bustanutley

PS building a 4link that works well is not "easy"

I agree fully (earlier I said something about believing that the 4-links are a piece of cake to build and design. but you can get them terribly wrong and this results in bnding of joints, diff movement, and the pinion rotating through the movement of the diff.)

But what do you mean in your other post about this

Originally Posted by bustanutley

you are missing a key dimension that tells me it is strong

what am i missing?

[bustanutley]

wall

[OpTimuS]

ahhhhh stand-by on wall........

[OpTimuS]

2" x @ least .250" wall.

But,

I have done some research and have fund that if I use .500" wall, I can thread the pipe directly (to mount screw my JJ into) instead of welding a time-sert into the .250"" wall. I am a machinist by trade so thread a length of hollow bar is nothing.

Plus if I choose to go with a true 3-link and panhard in a 60-series L/C being relatively 'bare bones' heavy when compared to a mini-truck then using the thicker wall means I will have the sadded strength as well.

[Mace]

I am still trying to figure out why you would do a true three link (with a panhard) on the rear of a truck.

2" x .500 wall uppers would be an unbelievable waste...

[OpTimuS]

Originally Posted by Mace

I am still trying to figure out why you would do a true three link (with a panhard) on the rear of a truck.

2" x .500 wall uppers would be an unbelievable waste...

I am no quite sure why I am going to do a true 3-link in the rear of my truck.

@ th moment I am thinking that because I am going custom and I am only trying to build something reliable and simple I will go with the 3-link. 3-links are appealing because they are simple (and even though that may sound lke an understatement, it is true).
By utilising a panhard it means I can have parrellel upper and lower links. This gives me more room for a chassis tool box like I am already experimenting with:



The parrelel links can also be identical lengths and thus helping in carrying on-trail spares.

[Jonathan_Ferguson]

Originally Posted by OpTimuS

I am no quite sure why I am going to do a true 3-link in the rear of my truck.

@ th moment I am thinking that because I am going custom and I am only trying to build something reliable and simple I will go with the 3-link. 3-links are appealing because they are simple (and even though that may sound lke an understatement, it is true).
By utilising a panhard it means I can have parrellel upper and lower links. This gives me more room for a chassis tool box like I am already experimenting with:



The parrelel links can also be identical lengths and thus helping in carrying on-trail spares.

[OpTimuS]

Originally Posted by Jonathan_Ferguson

?????