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5 link rear in 80 mods - getting rid of rear steer

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5 link rear in 80 mods - getting rid of rear steer

Post by crankycruiser »

ok so i would like to flatten the trailing arms out in the rear of my 80 a bit so i lose some of that lovely rear steer and i had a bit of a thought..

could i lift the diff ends of all the rear arms 2" or so to flatten them out??

any comments are appreciated

Ray
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wonder

Post by tuf045 »

wondering if you have tryed this

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthre ... calculator
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Post by Bluey »

you want more flex don't you ray! you'd think someone would be happy with over 1000pts front and back on rti ramp
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Post by crankycruiser »

nah jsut tying to make it a bit nicer on rd and it wil also make it better in the bush all goin well :)


so any ideas anyone.. is there any harm movin them up??
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Post by tuf045 »

have you read the link i posted? because i think that if you go to trouble of using the calculator you will get the answer that you are after.
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Post by crankycruiser »

yer mate i have and am still reading it.. havent downloaded the calc tho as dunno if im sure how t use it yet..

thanks tho mate!
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Re: wonder

Post by professor »

tuf045 wrote:wondering if you have tryed this

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthre ... calculator
man there is alot of work in that calculator.

good reference.
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Re: 5 link rear in 80 mods - getting rid of rear steer

Post by GQ4.8coilcab »

Why is it rear steering? Is it the angle of the arm shortening bringing the wheel closer in?
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Re: 5 link rear in 80 mods - getting rid of rear steer

Post by crankycruiser »

GQ4.8coilcab wrote:Why is it rear steering? Is it the angle of the arm shortening bringing the wheel closer in?
yer mate rear arms are too steep, i could put longer arms in it but if i do the bottom i should do the top and thats a bit more involved than i wanna go at the mo..
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Post by plowy »

its from the lower arms being parralell to the chassi
they need to tapper in from the diff to the chassi to stop it

her is a good right up on 4 links but its the same principle on a 4 or 5 link you need to tapper the lower links

http://www.4wheeloffroad.com/techarticl ... index.html

this is the main part regarding the tapper of the lower link

http://www.4wheeloffroad.com/techarticl ... ments.html

http://www.4wheeloffroad.com/techarticl ... awing.html

http://www.4wheeloffroad.com/techarticl ... stall.html
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Post by crankycruiser »

thanks plowy!

bit of good reading there!! now u have me really thinkin!
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