RockMonkey
Suddenly Enthusiastic
Going back to the first page to see said conflict...Hickey said:
My 4 Link buildup
- Thread starter Greg
- Start date
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Actually the second. I don't think it was really a conflict, we just weren't all on the same page.RockMonkey said:
So Greg, how do you feel about modifying that xmember?
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
That's right. Let's be honest. this thread is really only here so Herzog can photochop some beetchen bracketry/trussage on a pic of the rear axle. between the three of us, we can knock out a 4 link in minutes, so the rest of the time we use to showcase some sick fabwork. We just need someone with animagination to draw it up, cuz I can't imagine crap.Shawn said:
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
You speak as if I have only one...Shawn said:
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Of courseI Lean said:
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Hickey said:
Yes.
I see no reason the X-member has to be removed. With it in place, I'll have around 32-34" upper links, which is about right in my book. So the pinion will drop... it ain't a Baja truck that will be getting aired out, it's a rockcrawler. The diff is going to stay mainly centered while the axle is twisting up. If I were jumping it, than it might be best to go with a diffrent design.
Does that make sense or am I up in the night?
Lower links will be around 40" long, mabey a bit more.
Greg said:
Keep in mind that there is another thing that affects whether the pinion will drop when the suspension does, or not....the amount of horizontal convergence of the links. Even if the uppers are shorter than the lowers, if they converge toward the front they'll tend to keep the pinion pointed toward the Tcase. Just like everything else, it's a balance/trade-off kinda deal.
That said, you're right in putting the other considerations first--but when you say it won't be getting aired out....I'm guessing you're wrong.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
and mine were 44" or so.Shawn said:
We may not have to remove it, but I am guessing it would need to be notched in some way.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Having a 4 link sorta affects the way you drive.I Lean said:--but when you say it won't be getting aired out....I'm guessing you're wrong.
James K
NO, I'm always like this
- Location
- Taylorsville, Ut
Hickey said:
and mine are 46.25 top and bottom
James K
NO, I'm always like this
- Location
- Taylorsville, Ut
Hickey said:Having a 4 link sorta affects the way you drive.
yes it does
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
And I would guess that I had the shortest D-shaft out of all of us, due to my longer Auto trans., but Greg's d-shaft is probably pretty close to James and Shawns length.James K said:and mine are 46.25 top and bottom
James K
NO, I'm always like this
- Location
- Taylorsville, Ut
Hickey said:
38 and a 1/8
the pinion stays pointed at the t-case through the travel of the axle
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Mine was 34.5".James K said:38 and a 1/8
the pinion stays pointed at the t-case through the travel of the axle
James K
NO, I'm always like this
- Location
- Taylorsville, Ut
Hickey said:
pfft ..............stubby
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
Yeah, but it was cuz my parts were so longJames K said: