realsquash
1/2 ton status
I've just installed a crossover setup on my 76 pickemup. It's your typical 3/4 ton D44. I've got Sky D44 arms, nice units. I also bought the the BDS pitman arm from Sky. I have a 6" spring lift up front with ORD shackles (so +1/2" of lift), nothing special. I bought a draglink from Sky, also, and it turned out to be too long by 2.5". I ended up having to remove 1.25" off each end and 1" off each TRE to get them to thread in far enough. I'm left with 2" of thread engagement, which I feel is fine, but now I have to have custom spares /forums/images/graemlins/angryfire.gif I am not flaming Sky here, he wanted to make another draglink for me and send it out but I had to get this working for an upcoming trip and had him hold off.
I also have an issue with the D44 arms. I can't steer to the stops on the knuckles any more so my turning radius is reduced quite a bit. It's equal in both directions and the wheel is centered. I wonder about taking the stop out of the steering box to get around this problem, but I would think that since damned near all boxes on earth have the same amount of travel they would put the draglink in a different spot. A little longer pitman would accomplish the same thing.
Sky seemed suprised about the draglink length. What measurements do you guys have center-to-center on your draglink? What about steering lock-to-lock?
Andy
I also have an issue with the D44 arms. I can't steer to the stops on the knuckles any more so my turning radius is reduced quite a bit. It's equal in both directions and the wheel is centered. I wonder about taking the stop out of the steering box to get around this problem, but I would think that since damned near all boxes on earth have the same amount of travel they would put the draglink in a different spot. A little longer pitman would accomplish the same thing.
Sky seemed suprised about the draglink length. What measurements do you guys have center-to-center on your draglink? What about steering lock-to-lock?
Andy
