sweetjeep
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Hey folks. My current curiosity is the front suspension.
I understand the 3-4 etc. link setup but I am curious about a "2 link". I did a search on this subject but didn't really find anything in regards to what I am pondering.
Assume I were to convert to a long arm front end. (don't worry about the benefits/negatives of this alone for now).
I have seen in several long arm setups to run a triangulated arm off the driverside arm to the top of the pumpkin to stop axle wrap. But the panhard (err.. is that the right name.. I am having a brain fart) arm is still retained to keep the axle centered under the rig.
I think we generally know the negatives of a panhard arm.
Why can't we now go to the passenger side control arm and run a triangulated arm to the axle thereby eliminating the need for the panhard arm. For that matter why not run a second one from the driver side control arm as well. It seems that this would effectively emulate a 3/4 link with out actually having to run 3-4 individual arms. As well all of the angles would be based on the original arms, but they would also stay perfectly aligned through out articulation, would they not?
Naturally the primary control arms will have to be pretty substantial material and have pretty substantial bushings on them.. But I fail to see why this wouldn't be a very good setup.
Perhaps is there a problem in independent wheel articulartion?
Thanks,
Morgan
I understand the 3-4 etc. link setup but I am curious about a "2 link". I did a search on this subject but didn't really find anything in regards to what I am pondering.
Assume I were to convert to a long arm front end. (don't worry about the benefits/negatives of this alone for now).
I have seen in several long arm setups to run a triangulated arm off the driverside arm to the top of the pumpkin to stop axle wrap. But the panhard (err.. is that the right name.. I am having a brain fart) arm is still retained to keep the axle centered under the rig.
I think we generally know the negatives of a panhard arm.
Why can't we now go to the passenger side control arm and run a triangulated arm to the axle thereby eliminating the need for the panhard arm. For that matter why not run a second one from the driver side control arm as well. It seems that this would effectively emulate a 3/4 link with out actually having to run 3-4 individual arms. As well all of the angles would be based on the original arms, but they would also stay perfectly aligned through out articulation, would they not?
Naturally the primary control arms will have to be pretty substantial material and have pretty substantial bushings on them.. But I fail to see why this wouldn't be a very good setup.
Perhaps is there a problem in independent wheel articulartion?
Thanks,
Morgan