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shock angle question

Post by hiluxmad »

is this too much angle?
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i have a feeling that it will hit chassis under compression?

opinions anyone?????
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Re: shock angle question

Post by DR Frankenstine »

hiluxmad wrote:is this too much angle?
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i have a feeling that it will hit chassis under compression?

opinions anyone?????
No offence meant but that looks like a really rough coil conversion... the way the trailing arm is mounted to the crossmember it will break off in no time. The shock is at to high an angle/ the more angle the less dampening effect. The panhard rod angle is to steep. The diff will move to the left a heap on compression.

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Re: shock angle question

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DR Frankenstine wrote:No offence meant but that looks like a really rough coil conversion... the way the trailing arm is mounted to the crossmember it will break off in no time. The shock is at to high an angle/ the more angle the less dampening effect. The panhard rod angle is to steep. The diff will move to the left a heap on compression.

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I had the same thoughts re the Xmember mount.

If you're worried about the shock contacting, then pull the spring out if need be and cycle the axle up.
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Post by hiluxmad »

yeah im aware of the trailing arm mount thing i havent finished that yet just trying to get it all mocked up first. i have some better mounts to use that i had folded up.
that and i had to get it mobile to get it out of my mates workshop bit hard to move with only lowers welded in lol.

problem is i dont realy have any where to move them in to unless i move the panhard mount.
dont really want to do that a s i would like to keep it as stock as possible to make engineering easier.....
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Post by 80's_delirious »

I would say there is no way that shock is going to work attached to the diff in that location.
what is the diff housing out of?
Have a look at some other coil sprung cars for ideas for shock location

speak to an engineer before you keep going and waste a heap of time and effort
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Post by hiluxmad »

the diff is from a gq obiously the gq chassis is alot wider than the hilux one i am using.
the housing that is in at the moment is not the one that will be used in the final setup so i can cut up the brackets etc on this one to get it right and copy over to the good one.
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