3/4 elliptical upper leaf
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:21 pm
With the upper leaf do you want it to be flat to start of with so when the axle drops its under spring tension
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:30 pm
From what I understand the weight of the vehicle will flatten out the leaf. Only when the main spring pack is at drop or near to it will the 3/4 leaf pull away from the chassis. When u install it the spring will probably curve away from the chassis under the natural curve of the spring
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:56 am
Dont waste your time just link the rear and run coils.
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:22 am
dave wrote;
buggies are not as good as coils but they will increase your flex with leaves cheap & easily.
Did mine in an afternoon cost me about $20 in materials.
Don't think "linking it" will be that easy on the wallet.
Dont waste your time just link the rear and run coils.
buggies are not as good as coils but they will increase your flex with leaves cheap & easily.
Did mine in an afternoon cost me about $20 in materials.
Don't think "linking it" will be that easy on the wallet.
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:48 pm
its not for my truck,and what i ment was when the leaf is unsprung weight
do you want it to be flat or a curve to start of with
do you want it to be flat or a curve to start of with
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:04 pm
i dont think it will make very much differance, seen both and they seem to work the same... infact gonads old orange buggy just had a peice of tube, not even a spring... maybe some trial and error is the only way to find out for sure.4sum4 wrote:its not for my truck,and what i ment was when the leaf is unsprung weight
do you want it to be flat or a curve to start of with
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:20 pm
a month old dig...Slayer wrote: gonads old orange buggy just had a peice of tube, not even a spring... maybe some trial and error is the only way to find out for sure.
is there any pics/ more info on how he mounted it to the chassis?
and materials used
elliptic
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 7:13 pm
i did it to my sierra......
used datsun leaves as the elliptic and took 1 spring out of the sierra leaf pack. also unfolded the brackets to hold the leaves thogether.
attached are a couple of pics of flex with shackles i made myself.
the springs are mounted using 2 U bolts (should really have squear edge U bolts (like hilux)) and 8 mm plate. total cost about $10
(would recommend 10mm + plate as the bolts need to be tight and i bend the 8mm)
my 2c.
PAUL
used datsun leaves as the elliptic and took 1 spring out of the sierra leaf pack. also unfolded the brackets to hold the leaves thogether.
attached are a couple of pics of flex with shackles i made myself.
the springs are mounted using 2 U bolts (should really have squear edge U bolts (like hilux)) and 8 mm plate. total cost about $10
(would recommend 10mm + plate as the bolts need to be tight and i bend the 8mm)
my 2c.
PAUL
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 9:06 pm
would it be better to use two 6mm thick leaves or one 8mm leaf for the upper
guessing 2 6mm would provide the most resistance
guessing 2 6mm would provide the most resistance
Re: elliptic
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:14 pm
Paul that shackel setup is hell hillbilly im envious of youvanbox wrote:i did it to my sierra......
used datsun leaves as the elliptic and took 1 spring out of the sierra leaf pack. also unfolded the brackets to hold the leaves thogether.
attached are a couple of pics of flex with shackles i made myself.
the springs are mounted using 2 U bolts (should really have squear edge U bolts (like hilux)) and 8 mm plate. total cost about $10
(would recommend 10mm + plate as the bolts need to be tight and i bend the 8mm)
my 2c.
PAUL
I'd just use a long shackel with plenty of flex in the bush's.
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:19 pm
Any body got any ideas for a installing this setup on a WT Sierra