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Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 9:56 pm
by Strange Rover
heres a better pic of the other side. Just used 3in exhaust pipe to extend (and a couple of bits of flat to make it look sort of neat)
Sam
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 7:36 am
by Maggot4x4
Strange Rover wrote:I ran a hinged arm for about a year. thought it was the best thing till I finally took it out and went with the drilled bushes.
The hinge gets you lots of travel but gives is a few stability problems in off camber situations. This setup will try to flip you over sometimes because all the front axle reaction torque is reacted by one arm only and it will lift up and push down on one side only which is a PITA if you are on the limit of rolling and it pushes you the wrong way.
Lots of travel though - I could max out 14in travel shocks with the arm hinged.
Had a bit of a look on my harddrive and this is the only pic I could find. The rear half is welded and the rear too bolts are only there to reinforce the joint. The front most bolt is the "hinge" bolt and the second bolt is the removable "pin" bolt.
Ill see if I can find any more pics of it in action. The actual arm is in my shed if anybody wants it.
Sam
Yep, I want it, how much?
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 7:38 am
by auto_eng
Might be a stupid idea but has anyone tried moving the mount for the front arms further back towards the centre of the chassis and fitting longer arms increase the travel availabel from the std bushes?
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 7:53 am
by Strange Rover
Maggot4x4 wrote:Strange Rover wrote:I ran a hinged arm for about a year. thought it was the best thing till I finally took it out and went with the drilled bushes.
The hinge gets you lots of travel but gives is a few stability problems in off camber situations. This setup will try to flip you over sometimes because all the front axle reaction torque is reacted by one arm only and it will lift up and push down on one side only which is a PITA if you are on the limit of rolling and it pushes you the wrong way.
Lots of travel though - I could max out 14in travel shocks with the arm hinged.
Had a bit of a look on my harddrive and this is the only pic I could find. The rear half is welded and the rear too bolts are only there to reinforce the joint. The front most bolt is the "hinge" bolt and the second bolt is the removable "pin" bolt.
Ill see if I can find any more pics of it in action. The actual arm is in my shed if anybody wants it.
Sam
Yep, I want it, how much?
Your joking!!! What are you building???
But you can have it if you want although I wouldnt put in it a rig that I owned. Strength isnt a concern, neither is on road driving (which is better that stock cause you can use the stiffest radius arm bushes that you can find and still get lots of flex off road)
Its just that it does dome really scary things off road - like tries to tip you over on off camber stuff and steep down hill stuff.
Basically when I took it out the rig went just so much better but had less travel in the front. Travel isnt everything.
Sam
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2003 7:57 am
by Strange Rover
auto_eng wrote:Might be a stupid idea but has anyone tried moving the mount for the front arms further back towards the centre of the chassis and fitting longer arms increase the travel availabel from the std bushes?
Few see pics of a few people that have done it. Increases flex. Hard to make the longer arms and it does muck up the amount of anti dive that the front end has so it will drive a bit worse on road and not brake as well.
Sam