While building my old school Willys g***er I've noticed a number of them built lately that place the front spring shackle on the back of the spring instead of on the front like most of the stock original cars used them ??? I've seen some 60's era cars that way too....What is the deal here????
They are less dodgy that way. There was a time when i was building mud trucks that I could explain the steering geometry to you but today I can't seem to get the picture in my head. So let it suffice that the don't dodge and skip around as much when you are driving them at speed and hit a bump or pot hole. It was a common practice and a simple mod that was done on a lot of the jeep CJs back in the '80s and '90s. It made them more stable to drive at speed. if you are happy with the way your car drives leave it the way that it is. if I built it the spring shackles would be on the back and not the front but you will find a lot of fellas that will argue with that.
I'm sooooooo confused !~! Anyway alot of good input here, and from what I've been led to believe, my steering will be at the rear, drag link style, so the solid mount should go there too.....??
Mine is rear shackle, rear drag link cross steer and lots of caster. Nose bouncing wheel stands and drives straight as an arrow.
Did my lloyd with shackles up front and cross steer up front. Cant drive on a bumpy road without it tryn to rip the wheel out your hand. Used a damper but cross steer is on a slight angle. What would cause this? Could it be the cross steer on a slight angle?
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