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Controll arm questions
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 6:33 pm
by MissDrew
With a 4 or 5 link system what does it do if the 4 arms are the same length?
How is a 4 or 5 link better than a 3 link that has 3 mounting points on the chassi but has 5 on the housing ( either top 2 or bottom 2 join on to controll arms say about half way down)
Oh and I know I could probly do a search and find some of the answer on either here or pirate, but I`m a lazy farker and posten is more fun then just reading
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 6:37 pm
by MissDrew
Oh and forgot A framed 3 link. Which is better, what does what, fors and againsts on each system please.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 6:43 pm
by hottiemonster
Guts wrote:Oh and forgot A framed 3 link. Which is better, what does what, fors and againsts on each system please.
i thought u would have been a pro on this stuff especially seeing as ur lux was in tuff truck!
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 6:53 pm
by MissDrew
hottiemonster wrote:Guts wrote:Oh and forgot A framed 3 link. Which is better, what does what, fors and againsts on each system please.
i thought u would have been a pro on this stuff especially seeing as ur lux was in tuff truck!
Coils and controll arms for coils, me know lots about them, they go up and then they go down
But I do want to put the bouncy things under my lux
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:05 pm
by hotrod4x4
an to think u were all for the fence palings for sooooo long
glad to see u converting
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2004 9:09 pm
by hotrod4x4
why not just give freckle ( matt ) a call
he seems to know his shit
an u kno his work is good since he's worked on ya truck before
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:45 am
by Guy
hotrod4x4 wrote:why not just give freckle ( matt ) a call
he seems to know his shit
an u kno his work is good since he's worked on ya truck before
An "A framed' 3 link is essentially a triangulated 4link .. a 3 link is a factory patrol or crusier front end .. (two "distinct" arms and a panhard) a 4 link (or trinangulated 4 link"A"frame does not need a panhard) ..
A 3 link front is way easier to work with a "normal" steering system as it will (if properly set up) move from left to right at the same rate as the steering (panhard and draglink move in the same arc) where as a true 4 kink moves only in the horizontal plane so will most likley priduce losts of "bump steer" on a traditional steering system .. I am drunk ..
.. but I think I am correct .. (could be wrong)
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2004 8:14 am
by MissDrew
Love mud, I know all that (but thank you) oh and I don`t have standard steering
I just want to know
what a 4 link would do if all arms are the same lenght and the fors and againts of each setup.
Yes frekle has worked on my pos before but this is something I want to do myself and learn about as well. Plus its not the rear suspension that I keep having problems with its the front. Keeping the wright ride height, keeping good flex and the farken thing sitting level for more than 2 trips
As for liking the leafs for so long, it is more of a case of me having been able to do all the work on them myself and not (before now) being able to have the lux off the road for a long period of time as up untill about 18 months ago (just before the last TTC) it was still driven every day as it was my work truck.