DOES THE HDK SUSPENSION K-MEMBER HANDLE BETTER THAN A T-BAR SUSPENSION?
If anyone wanted to measure their ball joint locations and calculate a roll center on their TB suspension, here are some dimensions for the lower ball joint that might make it easier to find the actual pivot location.
The idea being that maybe it would be easier to measure to one of the BJ mounting bolts, and then calculate the actual pivot location. So width wise the BJ aligns with the back of the nut and is about 7/8" below the center of the bolt. Note that caster will change this some as the front and back bolts probably aren't at the same elevation, but I bet it won't matter a whole lot. Same thing with the toe, but again probably not much variation.
So, get a horizontal dim off the end of the bolt and add whatever the bolt sticks out past the nut plus the thickness of the nut. Then get an elevation to the center of the bolt and subtract 7/8".
Also, I did the best I could to measure things, but the numbers probably aren't perfect. But they should be close.
If anyone wanted to measure their ball joint locations and calculate a roll center on their TB suspension, here are some dimensions for the lower ball joint that might make it easier to find the actual pivot location.
The idea being that maybe it would be easier to measure to one of the BJ mounting bolts, and then calculate the actual pivot location. So width wise the BJ aligns with the back of the nut and is about 7/8" below the center of the bolt. Note that caster will change this some as the front and back bolts probably aren't at the same elevation, but I bet it won't matter a whole lot. Same thing with the toe, but again probably not much variation.
So, get a horizontal dim off the end of the bolt and add whatever the bolt sticks out past the nut plus the thickness of the nut. Then get an elevation to the center of the bolt and subtract 7/8".
Also, I did the best I could to measure things, but the numbers probably aren't perfect. But they should be close.
