thacru78
+1y
Originally posted by fatboysS1O
my honest opinion: unless the customer insisted and u failed at convincing him otherwise, dont do reverse links.
DITTO....nice work though. How's the Dodge coming along?
my honest opinion: unless the customer insisted and u failed at convincing him otherwise, dont do reverse links.
DITTO....nice work though. How's the Dodge coming along?
dragmatic
+1y
My guess is that the customer wanted to keep the stock fuel tank. I know reverse 4 links are the devil but I'm betting that's why they did it.
dhpmike
+1y
The only good way to do a reverse 4 link is to make the bars as long as possible to keep the rearend moving on a very large arc to keep the front to rear travel as little as possible. It appears that the guy is doing that.
The only problem with making bars as long as possible is that sometimes people tend to make the triangulated bars very straight and not have much angle at all. This tends to look ok when installing. However when driving and turning the whole rear of the truck will shift side to side easily and trash the bushings in a short amount of time. Since the bags are going to be mounted forward of the halfway point the up and down travel wont be too much for the slipjoint of the driveline.
Mounting bushings at an angle only worsens the problem and when opposing bushings are not in line with each other it also worsens the problem. The bushings being poly and strong will help and the whole setup should and probably will be watched for premature wear. As long as theres not alot of up and down travel the setup should work great.
From the pics above it appears to look well done. The only other choice for a reverse 4 link setup would be all 4 bars straight and a watts link.
The only problem with making bars as long as possible is that sometimes people tend to make the triangulated bars very straight and not have much angle at all. This tends to look ok when installing. However when driving and turning the whole rear of the truck will shift side to side easily and trash the bushings in a short amount of time. Since the bags are going to be mounted forward of the halfway point the up and down travel wont be too much for the slipjoint of the driveline.
Mounting bushings at an angle only worsens the problem and when opposing bushings are not in line with each other it also worsens the problem. The bushings being poly and strong will help and the whole setup should and probably will be watched for premature wear. As long as theres not alot of up and down travel the setup should work great.
From the pics above it appears to look well done. The only other choice for a reverse 4 link setup would be all 4 bars straight and a watts link.
fatboysS1O
+1y
Edited: 5/18/2008 11:23:54 AM by fatboysS1O
yeah def nice work for sure. without a doubt nice. i just dont believe in reverse links. dont wanna start any hate reverse links stuff(everybody seems to be acting mature so far) but was just giving my honest opinion.
yeah def nice work for sure. without a doubt nice. i just dont believe in reverse links. dont wanna start any hate reverse links stuff(everybody seems to be acting mature so far) but was just giving my honest opinion.
TwistedMinis
+1y
Originally posted by dragmatic
My guess is that the customer wanted to keep the stock fuel tank. I know reverse 4 links are the devil but I'm betting that's why they did it.
Theres always the forward 3-link option....
My guess is that the customer wanted to keep the stock fuel tank. I know reverse 4 links are the devil but I'm betting that's why they did it.
Theres always the forward 3-link option....
Layedoutcourier
+1y
Originally posted by blindinya004
Edited: 5/17/2008 8:27:02 PM by blindinya004
My name is Joe Adams. It is going to lay on twenties. and i
Is the guy that owns the truck from Odessa??
Edited: 5/17/2008 8:27:02 PM by blindinya004
My name is Joe Adams. It is going to lay on twenties. and i
Is the guy that owns the truck from Odessa??
