Limiting Straps
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How about replacing the swaybar bolt with a longer one?
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Nice profile pic... I remove the sway bars when I'm on trails, I need a permanent location. Thanks
A bunch of us around here are running 5" ish lifts and 37s. None of us are running any kind of limiting straps and none of us have encountered any damage from that. We tend to run thru the rocks a lot, often at speed. Last time I let the ponies loose to run, I was cruising 35-45 on trails. Got some good wheel lifts and did a few jumps, no problems. John
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Thanks for the info John. I do more of the slow speed trail runs tho so there is a lot of flexing...
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Tons of wheeling in AZ and the SW, with a bunch of '80s, full flex very often and none of them have limit straps, don't understand why you would want or need them?
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The idea is that they prevent your shocks from being overextended or compressed
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Droop/extension is handled by the shock, no problem, only an issue for high speed, jumping, etc. Compression is handled by the bump stop, don't see how a strap would help?
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That was the information given to me but wasn't sure, that's why I'm on here asking cuz I wanted to hear from people who know first hand. Thanks guys
I know this is an old thread but figured I would ask here rather than start another similar thread. I have been searching Mud and google as well as talked to the shock manufacturer regarding the shock being the limiter in my suspension drop. The manufacturer says I should use limit straps as over extension could damage the shock.
In all of my searching I am not finding
very many 80 owners using limit straps. All of the 80s I have owned, 7 total with stock to 6 inches of lift, the shocks have always been the limiting component in the suspension.
I expect the manufacturer gives the best advice to protect their product. In my searching I see advice given on bothe sides of the topic, shocks should not be the limiter and others that say it is ok.
I am hoping to get some new opinions here. What is the right answer yay or nay? Maybe it depends on how the vehicle is used?
With out the shocks limiting travel my axle drops enough that the springs can drop out easily. My project is being build as fun trail exploring rig, not a crawler or desert racer. I have been known to approach a dip or water bar with spirit. Which is probably the worst thing I would do to the rig. I am running a +26” shock front and rear and expect to have 4” of lift after I settle on the correct springs which I am playing with now.
In all of my searching I am not finding
very many 80 owners using limit straps. All of the 80s I have owned, 7 total with stock to 6 inches of lift, the shocks have always been the limiting component in the suspension.
I expect the manufacturer gives the best advice to protect their product. In my searching I see advice given on bothe sides of the topic, shocks should not be the limiter and others that say it is ok.
I am hoping to get some new opinions here. What is the right answer yay or nay? Maybe it depends on how the vehicle is used?
With out the shocks limiting travel my axle drops enough that the springs can drop out easily. My project is being build as fun trail exploring rig, not a crawler or desert racer. I have been known to approach a dip or water bar with spirit. Which is probably the worst thing I would do to the rig. I am running a +26” shock front and rear and expect to have 4” of lift after I settle on the correct springs which I am playing with now.
I also agree that you shouldn't use the shock as the limiter. I have limit straps front and rear but I'm also 3-linked with a custom setup in the rear. I don't think many will need limiting straps in the front given the stiff radius arm setup, in the rear maybe. In any event, if you're unseating the coils during normal articulation, it might be a good idea.
Wow, read threw this thread & can not believe anyone would discourage someone from using a limiting strap. Not necessary on all trucks but definitely necessary on some. I guess I’ll figure out where they should go myself…
Unless you’re violently cycling the axle from full bump to full droop often, you’ll never see the benefit of limit straps
once again, pulling up an old thread.... working on Vera, I want to put limiting straps on. My experience is with Fox shocks and ran across some Colorado passes going pretty darn fast... @cjmoon @kc_chevota . On Tin Cup we were passing side by sides... Anyway, pretty new Fox shocks leaked after that, I sent it in to get rebuild and they said the upper end was broken off. Thus using the shock for your limit, might not always be the best option.
Thus for Vera, will be adding limit straps and find a good location for them. Will post up picks in that build when I figure something out as I don't see many threads on this.
I did add limit straps to my build. I ended doing it because the manufacturer recommended it to prevent shock damage.
The shocks I am using I bought used with a reported 10k miles on them. They had to be rebuilt and I suspect this was due to being run hard without limit straps.
The shocks I am using I bought used with a reported 10k miles on them. They had to be rebuilt and I suspect this was due to being run hard without limit straps.