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5 link rear in 80 mods - getting rid of rear steer
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:25 pm
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
wonder
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:44 pm
by tuf045
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:51 pm
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
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 6:56 pm
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??
Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:35 pm
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.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:02 pm
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!
Re: wonder
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:10 pm
by professor
man there is alot of work in that calculator.
good reference.
Re: 5 link rear in 80 mods - getting rid of rear steer
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:38 am
by GQ4.8coilcab
Why is it rear steering? Is it the angle of the arm shortening bringing the wheel closer in?
Re: 5 link rear in 80 mods - getting rid of rear steer
Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2007 11:30 pm
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..
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:09 am
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
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:28 am
by crankycruiser
thanks plowy!
bit of good reading there!! now u have me really thinkin!