I have a quiz for you.how many people run tight shocks when u lift your buggy. how many use a shoft set up. I Have my opinion but would like to hear your thoughts,maybe change some ideas i have seen a trend latley and want to know if im alone in my thoughts.
I like stiff. Less travel, means less plunge on the axles, and longer axle life. Steering works better with limited travel based upon the design of lifted tierods. I could go on and on. This is simply my opinion, which means nothing.
well i take a book from the rock crawlers and boggin trucks if u aint got four wheels touching it might as well be a two wheel drive.i beleive a soft set up works better,because most atvs will pull threw the ruts but won't pull out the other side.i have set up several with minimal lift ,just enough to clear 29.5 at full stuff,and they work well getting out of ruts when u get to hard ground.i say try it see what u think. i always wanted to try one with alot of lift with a soft set up maybe even air bag it. just my thoughts tell me what u think
the big lift with a soft set up does not work.I had mine set up like this for the exact reason your talking about and when i got in a hole and got on it the back end would sit down due to the soft suspension creating less ground clearance which equals a stuck bike. I have mine as stiff as it can be and has done much better. that just my 2 cents though.
the reason i dont like a soft/medium firm suspension is that, when I would back up out of a hole the suspension would give and the tires would toe out. Making one side or the other axles outer cup lock up, thus ripping my a-arms off of that side.
I had mine set up stiff also I had high lifter springs with pipe spring spacers
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yea a rigid independant would be a better word.. if you could limit the trave of the shocks then maybe you could eliminate the failures i incurred.. also if you keep the axle angle more relaxed then the cups wouldnt bottom out.
I have a qusetion for you Earl.. I just bought a 99 f350 ford with 12" of lift and 44"tsl the thing that bugs me is that the steering link and center link have hiem joints instead of tie-rods.. ill post a pic tomorrow...but is there a better option or are these safe to drive with?
yea the hiem joints have more movement and won't bind up at that angle.u ever had a tie rod pop of a honda with a lot of lift ? the ball and socket can't handle that angle without failing.same effect on a truck. as long as it has the right misalignment shims behind the hiem joints the a much stronger and safer. i have them on my cross link at the steering arm and the axle knuckle. petersons 4wor had a great article on that about the superduty steering about a month ago. only thing to watch for on lifted trucks is the shims under the front axle.the lift company manufacturers put them under the leaf packs to correct driveshaft alignment but throws the caster out causing death wobble. but yours is coil sprung in front i think ?anyway get off my soap box. can u tell i built a lot of 4x4 trucks? most the wrong way,till i found out for myself what not to do.
