Drag link hits radius arms when flexing (80 Series)

[vSAHARAx]

Hey all

Well im running a 5" lift with castor plates. All is sweet except the fact that the drag link rubs on the radius arm to the point where it starts creeking and bending the arm. I know this is by no means good which is why i have only had it properly off-road once. when $$$ allow im going to purchase a set of Drop arms either by superior engineering or snake racing.

My qn is how have people overcome this issue while running the standard arms? Is it possible to give the radius arms a touch up with the grinder or will this reduce strength etc. I know it sounds dodgy but last thing i want is to break a tie rod end or bend the drag link. Or realistically am i better off just taking it easy until i can afford the Drop arms?

Any thoughts or oppinions would be great!

Cheers Troy

[JOHNZ]

No sweat mate you can grind a few mm off the radius arms

[vSAHARAx]

No sweat mate you can grind a few mm off the radius arms

Thanks mate, thats all i needed to know, will give her a touch up this weekend

[dow50r]

You can also do a flip arm conversion where you use the caster plates as diff brackets on top of the diff, flip the arms and the panny...diff moved forward to where it used to be and tyres move away from mudflaps....then you can adjust caster further and cut off all that extra anti ground clearance hanging under the diff
Andrew

[icrawl]

what u have to do to get it right . I had the same problem i have 5" lift with 37" tyres. first thing i did was 3deg castor bushes and put them in the oppersite way to fitting instructions then i grinded about 3mm down on radius arm about 80mm to 100mm long under the drag link.Have not had problem since The castor bushes play a major part in doing this as if u dont it will still touch drag link

[MUD80D]

flip arm conversion





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