3 link long arms

We're talking vehicle-bucking, driveshaft-can-barely-turn, can't-believe-it's-NOT-shattering-u-joints bind. I'm still looking for the pictures of when the designer put it on the pinion side.

One thing I did neglect to mention but will affect this problem is the length of the arms. The longer the arms, the greater the radius of the arc that the radius arms travel through, the less angle change there is for the same amount of axle travel. So on an XJ, if you're wristing AND lengthening, it won't be such a big deal. Using the locking radius arms I have on mine, the shorter the radius arm, the greater the bind when it's locked. Since there's no bind whatsoever when it's not locked, it's actually desirable to keep the arms short. It makes for a greater disparity between the two "modes".

And yea, my static link is on the driver's side. It's threaded on both ends like a tie rod (opposite thread on each end), which lets me set the caster by simply loosening a couple jam nuts and twisting the link.

Sorry if I'm coming off a little too proud. It's an ingenius design and I really wish I had come up with it. hehe. I'm just one of very few lucky benefactors of the product.
 
coming off to proud? not at all, hope I'm not coming across as an argumentative prick.

(now watch while jnj and scott mac use this as an opportunity to flame)
 
CRASH said:
Well, Brent is basing his opinion on his poorly designed front suspension that gave up the ghost on BOTW I. It was designed to be an RE style longarm, but after he busted an arm and a mount, it turned into a single arm system.

A well designed single upper arm works like a champ to control axle torque.

CRASH
a little saurcasm will only get you flamed here hu :rolleyes:

I only broke the mount, the arm is still sitting in a box in the top of my garage.
 
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