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Post by TYLER »

hey guys, jus wanting to know is anyone can tell me y i hav to do a 50mm drop hanger on the front for when i put my rears up front?????? dose it hav sumthin to do with pinion angle???? or wat cos no one seem to beable to tell me anythin, any info is a help :D


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Post by Sic Lux »

Pinion angle a bit but mainly the castor will be out so it will most likely drive like crap but i have herd of it being dome without the drop hanger and been fine i'm about to do RUF to mine and will trial it on std hangers with no castor wedges.
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Drop hangers make fitting high steer easier.
You have less problems with the tierod hitting the chassi.
Also makes your castor and pinion angle better especially if using long shackles.
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I have done RUF with both with and without. It always seams to come down to your spring pack combination.

Heres mine RUF with 2" longer shackles no dropped hanger.

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So Bubs, The front eye of your springs are in the factory location
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love_mud wrote:So Bubs, The front eye of your springs are in the factory location
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Post by TYLER »

thats heeps good guys cheers, much apricated, BUBS how much higher than std is ur front end now with ur rears in the front for the steering arm not to rub on anything?
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TYLER wrote:thats heeps good guys cheers, much apricated, BUBS how much higher than std is ur front end now with ur rears in the front for the steering arm not to rub on anything?
No lift, the front end is sitting an inch of the factory bump stops at ride height.

My spring hits on the pitman arm and drag link under articulation.

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Post by cruiserute75 »

so the point of RUF is to put your shackles on an angle therefore allowing greater droop. i have a 75 series and my shackles are straight up and down due to 2 inch lift. RUF and new longer rears will give me same height yet more angle on shackles, is this correct??
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cruiserute75 wrote:so the point of RUF is to put your shackles on an angle therefore allowing greater droop. i have a 75 series and my shackles are straight up and down due to 2 inch lift. RUF and new longer rears will give me same height yet more angle on shackles, is this correct??
Rear springs are longer, so allow more travel and a better ride. Also they will locate your front axle forward a bit, due to the different distances between the eyes and the spring pin.

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Post by cruiserute75 »

thanks lay80n, thats what i thought. will ruf effect castor etc?? i guess it depends how they are set, ie curve of them? anything else to look out for when doing ruf???

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Post by Sic Lux »

Front shaft lenght, torque rod needs to be shorter aswell as draglink or if you have crosover/highsteer this isn't a problem i think the diff goes 50mm foward with RUF aswell corect me if i'm wrong
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Post by Nat84 »

don't know if it will help but here is a few pic's of my RUF

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NAT84: wat u done on ya steering ???????

BUBS: how dose the steering go under articulation????? would the angles not be gratier? and dose it bind at all?????
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It has a adjustable drop draglink i think this is what you were asking about :?
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TYLER wrote:NAT84: wat u done on ya steering ???????

BUBS: how dose the steering go under articulation????? would the angles not be gratier? and dose it bind at all?????
the cross over works great, it just needs a longer bumpstop in the drivers side as under full compression the pitman arm binds on the spring.
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Post by pulux »

No lift, the front end is sitting an inch of the factory bump stops at ride height.

My spring hits on the pitman arm and drag link under articulation.
needs a longer bumpstop in the drivers side as under full compression the pitman arm binds on the spring.
how does this work? If you only have 1 inch uptravel to work with at ride height, doesn't that mean you will have no spring compression drivers side after extending the bumpstop? Might need a pic to better understand.
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Post by Nat84 »

Sic Lux wrote:It has a adjustable drop draglink i think this is what you were asking about :?

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Post by TYLER »

cheers bubs see how i go all i need now is piman arm and ifs box :D

BUBS: wat do i need to mount the ifs box, is there a bracket to weld to the chassis or sumthin??? sum pics would help to
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Post by Sic Lux »

BUBS does a kit like this
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got my number still call me tommorow arvo to arrange pickup :cool:
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Post by Sic Lux »

yeah sweet :armsup:
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thank you muchly guys :D ill probly contact bubs soon for sum part but ill see how i go gettin parts cheers once again :armsup:
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