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Howdiy's halfassed 4 link

colbystephens said:
roughly, how much do you think you've got invested in this modification? Also, why do folks start with linking the rear, instead of the front?
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IMO to link the rear when your climbing you get more weight transfer on your rear end and getting more traction on it is more beneficial vs the front with that extra weight. Thats my reasoning. Also mostly has a lot to do with packaging and current suspension setup.
 
MNorby said:
IMO to link the rear when your climbing you get more weight transfer on your rear end and getting more traction on it is more beneficial vs the front with that extra weight. Thats my reasoning. Also mostly has a lot to do with packaging and current suspension setup.
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I am thinking along the lines of that also.

I cant really think of a reason to link the front at the moment.
 
Do you think the progressive rate coils are contributing more to your "bouncy" effect than a linear would? also, you said that it seems like the front is doing all of the work... does this mean that the back isnt flexing as much as the front?
 
sawzall said:
Do you think the progressive rate coils are contributing more to your "bouncy" effect than a linear would? also, you said that it seems like the front is doing all of the work... does this mean that the back isnt flexing as much as the front?
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No I don't think so, The leafs are really bouncy with no shocks either. They may make it a little worse, but anything is pretty bad with no shocks.

I'm not really sure on the flex, my tire was into the inner fender pretty hard. Plus I never tried both directions or different angles on the hill.

I should have my shocks on in a day or two so I'll try again. I just started school again so it will be a little slower.

I found some in my shop and I painted them today, the collapsed length is a little long but it'll work for awhile
 
i think the flex in those pics is more a function of your wheel base in combination with what you were trying to flex on.
 
Flex your front tire up something. It will transfer the rig weight to the rear more and make the rear suspension work more.
 
Yeah that is what I was thinking also

I didn't have much time the other day
 
They should be soft enough, without shocks I can get the rear bouncing with my body weigh pushing down and I can nearly get it to contact the tires.

In the first pic I noticed that the pic is aligned with the truck. Look at the trees in the back ground they are sideways. I don't have a program to rotate pics so I couldn't fix it.

I could have probably flex more but I was hurrying it up because sometimes cops drive by

The passenger rear was stuffed into the inner wheelwell also.

I think I may get reverse centers for the rear also.

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Well considering when I cut most of the rear off my K5 the ass came up about 1". As long as it works untill I get coilovers I'll be ok.
 
Got my springs in today. I think they will be ok. I got a great deal on 2" 7075 Aluminum so I think my links will get made from that. Did you get shocks on the back of yours yet?
 
Yep

The ride is amazing now, and I'm just using dented 14.5" stroke shocks at the moment

I ended up just cutting a hole in the floor

The aluminum should work well, cheap is always good too :D
 
howdiy said:
Yep

The ride is amazing now, and I'm just using dented 14.5" stroke shocks at the moment

I ended up just cutting a hole in the floor

The aluminum should work well, cheap is always good too :D
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Is it leaps and bounds better than it was with leafs? Also, Awesome job on the whole thing!:waytogo:
 
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