junior636
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Thanks! Been a bit of a hiatus due to my welder taking a crap and now i have a few side jobs rolling through. Hoping to get back at this soon.
If you get the kinks worked out do you think you would start selling them? :happy1:
looks really good
IMO there is pull and push on the strut rod simply because of suspension travel and the arc the strut rod has to travel. That is why I favor the rubber factory front bushings on a street car.
Currently at the laser cutter is a (bolt in version) similar rear brace for the LCA that will be offered along with the upper shock mount and chromoly support hoops.
Junior is doing a great job showing where there is a will....there is a way. And, with a little thought, hot-rodders with the right skills can build it themselves.
Mopar to ya' Junior
not an expert....I'm a hot-rodder like you.
just unbolt the front and watch it (go in and out) as the suspension goes up and down.
that movement has to be picked up somewhere and if the front and rear cannot move, the the LCA has to, presumed by me at the K-frame bushing. it is not a big movement but over time, who knows....I don't....... maybe it is a non-issue???
the strut rod moves in an arc at the control arm as the suspension goes up and down. I'm not saying it is binding....just moving / wallering. In the factory set-up, that movement it absorbed by the large rubber bushings on the K at the front of the strut. If that area is a solid mount, the movement HAS to be absorbed somewhere else.
no problem.....I'm often mis-understood....just ask my wife.
Junior, Any updates on your progress? Don't leave us hanging !
Junior - Denny
What do you think would happen if you used a rack in the front with a intermediate steering bar mounted perpendicular to the LCA right underneath them that could then pick up a short steering arm in the rear in the stock location?
You probably wouldn't believe it....but I tried this set up some 20 years ago. I STILL have the pivot shafts / arms I had fabbed.
it just turned into a Rube Goldberg set-up....ackerman was solved , but bumpsteer was a M.F. The pivots (new inner tie rod) would have to be precisely in the same location as the drag links puts the factory pivots.....difficult to place the pivots where needed.
I think you would still need a front steer (pinto / Mustang) rack and not a rear steer Omni rack.
well it was just something that popped in my head lol.
mine too.....one of those "looks good on paper" ideas.