show me your flex
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jeep-N-montero
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JCMatthews
Tour Guide
Here's mine
The Cherokee is sold, but it was a slinky even with a short arm kit. The Expedition is gone as well, but this shows how it flexed in stock air suspension fashion. The Tundra is what we have now, and its not amazing either.
The Cherokee is sold, but it was a slinky even with a short arm kit. The Expedition is gone as well, but this shows how it flexed in stock air suspension fashion. The Tundra is what we have now, and its not amazing either.
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97tjguzzy
Explorer
seeing as its full width and 8 lug I would say its a 44.
its a dana 60 front and a disk braked 10.25 rear
1stDeuce
Explorer
Just curious, but how does it drive with no front sway bar? If I ever get serious about going places in my 2500, I think I might ditch the front bar. Of course, it'll be a little tipsy with a truck camper, but I would imagine the off-road ride would improve significantly.
1stDeuce
Explorer
Where's the dang "Like" button??? I'm in for a build Jack!!! If we find a diesel G30 van, SFA it, chop the cab, toss in a T-case, and put on a flatbed and voila, instant Awesome! 
Stock suspension, think I need to start looking for some longer shocks. This is completely unloaded though so very little chassis flex.
Cross linking the steering is more of a priority.
outofrshell
Adventurer
Too much flex
About all you would want to do
About all you would want to do
SoCalMonty
Explorer
Too much flex
About all you would want to do
Haha...I feel your pain, I've got IFS as well.
More flex would keep the chassis more level, with less body roll (read: less likely to tip over). But, with torsion bars up front, there's not much hope for that. Still, you can get everywhere you need to go with IFS. It just doesn't look as cool. And, as you discovered, there's a slightly higher chance of tippage.
...did the Trooper incur much damage from that flop? How hard was it to upright it?
onelow1ton
Adventurer
Got some poser pix my sas is almost done
Ray Hyland
Expedition Leader
Here's mine. With the 35" tires I can still get them stuffed into the wheel wells. When I run 38's it doesn't work so well ;-)
I'm running dislocation cones, extended brake lines, bent trailing arms, no sway bars, etc. so there's about 1m of vertical travel at each wheel.
I'm running dislocation cones, extended brake lines, bent trailing arms, no sway bars, etc. so there's about 1m of vertical travel at each wheel.
outofrshell
Adventurer
Actually that flop caused minimal body damage just by luck the truck landed in a shallow swale landing only on the rear corner post and the top corner of the grill guard not even a scratch in the doors and no broken glass. It was easy enough to right it with another truck just had to keep a little tension on it till it rolled forward off the hill so it didn't tip over again. IFS does limit wheel travel some what but once you learn it's limits it is okay. In this situation I think that the suspension set up was a big factor I had just installed HD torsion bars and had them cranked too tight, there was absolutely no give in the front plus the fact the upper control arm bushings were nearly seized solid. I have since then rebuilt the front end added a sway bar disconnect and am now slowly tightening the TBs a little at a time to get the lift I want. It seems to help if I let the TBs adjust to the tension I put in and then do it again. Dave