Happy Bday Shawn sweet work. Are the springs being retained with anything at this point?
3-link front on FJ80
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P I M P . Inspiring as well.
Cruiser Jimmy
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Shawn,
How does it drive on the road? No death wabble right?
How does it drive on the road? No death wabble right?
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jklubens said:
It feels good on the road. Definately better than it was with my stock radius arms. NO death wobble thank goodness. Just got back from a snow bashin trip and it performed very well.
actionjackson said:
And I'm sure you took pic's right......right???
-Ammo
why dont you guys use chains? they rock man
The issue most people have with chains is they remove sheet metal when you flex unless you have plenty of clearance.tclndcrz said:
Cruiser Jimmy
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Shawn,
While at the SEMA Off Road show here in Indy I saw a Jeep setup with the 3rd and 4th links attached to the the 1st and 2nd links. (As opposed to your 3rd link to the frame.)
Was that a consideration while you were in the design stage? Just curious.
While at the SEMA Off Road show here in Indy I saw a Jeep setup with the 3rd and 4th links attached to the the 1st and 2nd links. (As opposed to your 3rd link to the frame.)
Was that a consideration while you were in the design stage? Just curious.
jklubens said:
That would get you right back to where you started, radius arm setup
All that work for nothing
That truck has one mean setup. Nice work man!
Cruiser Jimmy
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bustanutley said:That would get you right back to where you started, radius arm setup
All that work for nothing
thanks, I'm just starting to understand and research hardcore setups.
Tapage
Club 4X4 Panamá
Shawn .. congrats .. I thought is a very impresive job on your Cruiser ..
So did you have measurement of your caster with this 3 link setup .. ? are you uper link engought to handle all torque from your drivetrain to your axle . ?
So did you have measurement of your caster with this 3 link setup .. ? are you uper link engought to handle all torque from your drivetrain to your axle . ?
bustanutley said:That would get you right back to where you started, radius arm setup
All that work for nothing
not quite if you run just one upper...
i've worked on and wheeled a jeep setup that way, works very well.
But isn't running with only one upper link on one side like CruisinGA said, the same like this?
This way i can get a good articulation in the front axle, but under hard breaking, the body on the side with the bolt removed "dives" a lot....
Are there any disadvantages on driving (only offroad) with the stock radius arms with one bolt removed?
This way i can get a good articulation in the front axle, but under hard breaking, the body on the side with the bolt removed "dives" a lot....
Are there any disadvantages on driving (only offroad) with the stock radius arms with one bolt removed?
exactly
Is he using his shocks as bumpstops here or what?
But isn't running with only one upper link on one side like CruisinGA said, the same like this?
This way i can get a good articulation in the front axle, but under hard breaking, the body on the side with the bolt removed "dives" a lot....
Are there any disadvantages on driving (only offroad) with the stock radius arms with one bolt removed?
other than the stock mounts bending.. guessing if your using CC bushings as most are with this set up you will still have bushing deflection. Its a poor mans 3 link. it will never be what has been built in this thread. There is alot more geometry to it as well than just having 3 connecting points.
Poor mans works pretty good, but it isn't balanced side to side. I plan to go 3-link here soon.
Back to my question though, does anyone know if he was using bumpstops?
Back to my question though, does anyone know if he was using bumpstops?
Yes...Shawn uses bumps on that setup...just how much over stock, I'm not sure of...but if you look at some of the rear end pics you can see the bump extensions
