Center limit strap (1 Viewer)

[PKP80]

Could someone explain When and Why you'd need, or want to add a center limit strap?

Would you limit the shock on each corner and have a center limit strap?

Didn't find any links on the topic.

Thanks in advance.
Sam

 

[mookie]

people with terrible anti-squat use it for a bandaid sometimes....also it can keep your suspension from unloading both sides at the same time like going down a steep hill but still allows full articulation side to side

 

[PKP80]

people with terrible anti-squat use it for a bandaid sometimes....also it can keep your suspension from unloading both sides at the same time like going down a steep hill but still allows full articulation side to side

I thought there was more to it than just than, but good enough. Thanks mook

 

[adamsclarke]

Center works well for lots of rear wheel travel. Keeps the driveshaft joint from binding, pulling apart, binding on link ends etc....
Lots of guys use them on the 1 ink grader ball type of set ups since they are all over the place.
I ran them on the front of my last rig, and works great, so I would use 1 per side in the rear. A heck of alot stronger with all of the force on teh shocks etc..

 

[woody]

I run a single center limit front and rear...both allow no articulation limits but control the rig better on steep climbs and decents - prevents unloading

 

[PKP80]

I would imagine that for rock crawling purposes a center strap would help out quite a bit especially by keeping the Drive shafts in place.

In a coilover setup, I was thinking that the coils would be limited on the corners to maximize full droop, but also strap it at the center (half of the full droop length). So it would be 3 straps per axle and obviously I could removing the center strap if the need to increase overall travel was necessary (or i added the rear winch i have. I haven't see too many guys using their front winches to suck up the axles unless the've moved the front axles directly underneath the winch.

(this is all new to me, so you'll have to forgive me if it has a newbie scent to it all)

 

[mookie]

personally i like the concept of using limiting straps on each shock and then using a suck down winch on each axle with in-dash controls... a 4 wheeler cheapo winch in the back and set up your front winch so you can hook it to the center of the front axle when not in use. from what i've seen it makes a BIG difference of the success rate of climbing super steep stuff to be able to suck the front suspension down

 

[Mace]

from what i've seen it makes a BIG difference of the success rate of climbing super steep stuff to be able to suck the front suspension down

It does..

 

[ouibus]

I have a center limit strap on the rear of my rig to keep my drive shaft from going beyond the limits of the u-joint and destroying it self. I have a double triangulated four link in the rear that is held up with coils and Bilstein 5150 shocks. The coils are retained, so I don't have to worry about the suspension going beyond a certain point at the tires. If I didn't have the center strap, the axle would drop so far down in some cases that it would either break my driveshaft or do damage to my t-case.