SamSter0077
Frack me..
Hooked up my bluetooth Mic andput on my rear seat covers.
Hey, that looks great! Who sells those?
What have you done to your ride lately?
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Hey, that looks great! Who sells those?
AlienXtx
Nignog
Here is a teaser pic of my project for today.
That's gonna ride real nice
BirdTRD
beLIEve
Here is a teaser pic of my project for today.
Aren't the upper and lower shock bolts supposed to be perpendicular to each other to prevent binding? Those can move sideways real well but the axle also slightly moves front and back. Those won't allow it to move front/rear so they'll bind.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
x2.. thats what I thought.
BirdTRD
beLIEve
I'm not talking about the angle of the shocks. That's fine. The shock angle doesn't really matter too much (at least not when speaking of binding).
I'm talking about the mounting bolts themselves. The top bolt should face front/back and the lower bolt should face side to side (or vice versa). The eyelet that is mounted on the bolt facing front/back allows the shock to move left and right. The eyelet that is mounted on the side to side bolt allows the shock to front/back.
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BirdTRD
beLIEve
Yep, or the top bar.
BirdTRD
beLIEve
Just because they can doesn't necessarily mean they should. Why would you add binding/stress to them if its an easy fix to have them perform as designed?
I may not be totally correct but that's how I learned double eyelet shocks needed to be mounted.
I think mounting them perpendicular would cause more binding.
jdmcq
Will pay to see Cmack get tased
I believe that you are correct. That way the upper handles the side to side rotation and the lower the front to rear (or vice-versa). Mounting them in parallel could cause binding and breakage ans the bushing can only flex so far. Not to mention that the bushings will wear out much faster if they are asked to flex that much.
texasislandboy
donde esta la NGAGE IT
nice man i like the bends in the side ! i may start making a rear bumper im going to go look at metal tomorrow
yotarob
Kiss My IFS
Thanks for all of the input on the shocks, I went in to it blindly to be honest. They worked great today. So I should turn the tabs on the axle? Looks like I am going to need longer shocks after all, if these break then it's not a huge lose, I might just try my luck and see what happens.
Post a pic of it on the ramp. I'm curious what it looked like...
yotarob
Kiss My IFS
Will do once I get the kids to bed IF the memory card is salvageable. My camera got fucked up pretty bad, I think Keith got some pics on the ramp also.
BirdTRD
beLIEve
The way I learned it was for the top and bottom bolts to be perpendicular to prevent binding. I may be wrong though. It seems like ideal setup would be to have the bottom bolt perpendicular to the axle to allow one side to really go up while the other goes down while having the top bolts parallel to the axle to ease the small amount of front/back movement.
I think that's what I see most often on rock buggies around here.