Okay here is the lower links as of 10 minutes ago. I unbolted the spring and jacked up the rear end. Yes the pinion angle did change, however in the 6" of movement, it only changed 1 degree. I cant see the suspension moving more than 6" while driving, and 1 degree shouldn't be enough to notice any driveline vibration. What do you guys think?
If you did all the figuring and trials at ride height then it looks like your back on track. -Bigchief.
Blame Bill Gates................... the drawing shows up in IE, I have IE 8 but use Google Chrome most of the time (faster) but lots of 'attachments' don't show in Chrome.
Did you know that Bill Gates is out of the Microsoft picture now and Steve Ballmer is at the helm? I use Firefox, tried Chrome and didn't care for it much. The pictures are stored on the HAMB server and I had originally had set the album to private. Didn't think the linked pictures would be also because I could see them just fine. All I did was make the album public, so if you are having a problem with seeing the pictures it may be an issue with .jpg extensions or something odd in Chrome. JK, Sounds like you nailed it. Carry on.
Yes I know about Bill Gates. I was in the "shop" in Albuquergue back in the day (where it all started)... BUT all the 'policies' about all their "Secret" code was and IS still his fault. Some good and some have NO reason to exist. And, I think he's still the MAJOR stockholder in Microsoft (along with his wife). The blast about Bill is only in 'jest' though. They've done amazing things in the last few years with the Foundation. Just don't EVER utter the words "Open Source" in earshot
Hi guys , Been gone for awhile so I just read the posts. Nice to see that JK took advice and moved the lower pickup point. This makes a better set up but I tried to rationalize this as a good or no good idea, while it will work it leaves some questions. After all these mickey mouse bars and brackets what is really being gained over retaining the use of the torque tube? All you are doing is an exercise in pinion angle change to take the universal joint bind out. This does little to improve the ride nor the handling as you are still under the constraints of the buggy spring and the loading angles of the bars really don't advance it to an advantage for acceleration. You could accomplish the same with a lot less work developing a pair of truck style arms and gotten the same result with a lot less brackets. What confounds me from the original picture is that the upper link appears to run down hill to the rear while the lower links seem to run down hill to the front, this seems to be conflicting angles which really dont like each other plus the use of tie rod ends in the front allows the rear to side track as the spring defects upon wheel bump. This is a luke warm idea that needs a tune up..
I like this better.....and I learned alot reading this thread. One thing I learned is that I don't know as much as I thought I did.
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