what do you think about revolvers?
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http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/showthread.php?t=758&highlight=revolver
http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/showthread.php?t=1771&highlight=revolver
Looks like we haven't had a discussion on these for a while. Seems like they've kinda fallen off the face of the earth from what I've seen.
Personally, I don't like the uncontrolled aspect of them. When you most need control (say you're climbing on a waterfall or coming down something steep), they would then 'unload' and at the very least make things interesting.
http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/showthread.php?t=1771&highlight=revolver
Looks like we haven't had a discussion on these for a while. Seems like they've kinda fallen off the face of the earth from what I've seen.
Personally, I don't like the uncontrolled aspect of them. When you most need control (say you're climbing on a waterfall or coming down something steep), they would then 'unload' and at the very least make things interesting.
They were pretty revolutionary in their debut and I believe they have their place in certain scenarios, but I think the general consensus on revolvers is that they are more for ramp queens.
You can get a lot of proper flex out of leaf springs without adding in "hacks".
You can get a lot of proper flex out of leaf springs without adding in "hacks".
Tacoma
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I prefer pistols to revolvers, but I'd take either in a tough spot.
Oh. The shackles. I think they're rainbow-colored and unhelpful.
Oh. The shackles. I think they're rainbow-colored and unhelpful.
Tacoma
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No.
Correction: technically a revolver is a pistol, but a pistol is not a revolver. In modern parlance though, pistol is taken to mean a magazine-fed, hand held weapon, either semi-automatic or single-shot, like that Beretta Cougar tip-up barreled thing, rather than a revolving-cylinder gun.
Correction: technically a revolver is a pistol, but a pistol is not a revolver. In modern parlance though, pistol is taken to mean a magazine-fed, hand held weapon, either semi-automatic or single-shot, like that Beretta Cougar tip-up barreled thing, rather than a revolving-cylinder gun.
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Houndoc
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Took longer to get off-topic then I thought it would.
ALF
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So not only am I a ramp queen but I'm a "hack" too
I like mine no complaints so far but then again I never wheeled the Jeep without them and hell...they were free
ALF
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Just my opinion from experience. Nothing personal dude.
just flipping ya some Sh!t:greg:
rxcarl5
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I have had a couple of friends that went the revolver route. one of them took them off because on steep climbs it was unloading very bad making the climb feel weird to him. The other buddy just sold his jeep possibly the one you picked up. from the couple of times that he wheeled it he decided that it was time to order some boomerangs and be done with the revolvers. Just my two cents from experience with them on friends rigs.
I have had a couple of friends that went the revolver route. one of them took them off because on steep climbs it was unloading very bad making the climb feel weird to him. The other buddy just sold his jeep possibly the one you picked up. from the couple of times that he wheeled it he decided that it was time to order some boomerangs and be done with the revolvers. Just my two cents from experience with them on friends rigs.
My Cj has them front and rear (PO installed them) and they so far have been just fine...no un-loading or wandering at all. I can drive 70 mph on the freeway and its straight as you can expect for a 20 year old Jeep. I think they don't add much if any lift over stock shackles.
timpanogos
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wow, revolvers, pistols, boomerangs
my head is spinning
my head is spinning
It seems that they would be at their best in boulder ranges where the extra wheel travel would be beneficial... but when it comes to high traction terrain, I would get a little worried with them.
Maybe a way to lock and unlock them depending on what you are doing?
Maybe a way to lock and unlock them depending on what you are doing?
Not sure I've heard of anyone comlaining about unusual freeway handling characteristics.
Revolvers give you the same effect as a long arm suspension with no center limiting straps. The axle will unload causing a loss of contact pressure and thus traction. I was lucky enough to campare with and without center limiting straps on the same rig on the same trail on back to back days and it does make a noticable difference on climbs.
Perhaps a center strap would help revolvers too? I guess the only differnce is that unlike coils a revolver isn't exerting downward pressure on the tire as it droops. So I guess that solution wouldn't work.
Cody