why so little front suspension travel?
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why so little front suspension travel?
my 4x4 looked like it had ~1.5 inch of travel, figured that was due to clearances/ride height/compromise.
was under the 4x2 last nite, it's only got about the same between the snubber and the frame.
wonder why? are any of bottoming out the front susp?
we have a wicked deep ditch at the Gym, i cross it at an angle leaving, seems like a lot of body flex & maybe it would make it touch the snubbers
FWIW, if you have a 4x2, you REALLY need to Krylon that steering rack - mine was pretty rusty.
was under the 4x2 last nite, it's only got about the same between the snubber and the frame.
wonder why? are any of bottoming out the front susp?
we have a wicked deep ditch at the Gym, i cross it at an angle leaving, seems like a lot of body flex & maybe it would make it touch the snubbers
FWIW, if you have a 4x2, you REALLY need to Krylon that steering rack - mine was pretty rusty.
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the front suspension has about 8" of travel stock, as I recall.
Static I would think you would see less than 1/2 of the travel. The Bumpstop is designed to be part of the travel.
My 4x4 thoughts.
As far as the rust. I think one of the first things you need to do when you get one of these trucks is to do some under body painting. I rolled under mine with a can of rust paint. Covering most any thing that was or could rust.
Static I would think you would see less than 1/2 of the travel. The Bumpstop is designed to be part of the travel.
My 4x4 thoughts.
As far as the rust. I think one of the first things you need to do when you get one of these trucks is to do some under body painting. I rolled under mine with a can of rust paint. Covering most any thing that was or could rust.
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or maybe the snubber compresses a few inches to increase that.
droop is okay off-road, but compression is what you need when you are loaded on the highway, hammer down, and hit a concrete/asphalt joint that was paved by the lowest bidder.
SC has some bad roads - not to mention the RR crossings on a sand base
i think you are right about the snubber - the pyramid shape makes it progressively stiff as it compresses.
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i was just guessing at it, not sure at all.
I will say that on my setup with the 2.5" sway aways which have a built in bump stop, for lack of a better term. I do not see them bottoming out, well at all. So my on and off road driving I experience more droop then compression.
I will say that on my setup with the 2.5" sway aways which have a built in bump stop, for lack of a better term. I do not see them bottoming out, well at all. So my on and off road driving I experience more droop then compression.
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