blistovmhz
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I feel like I already know what needs to be done here, but as I haven't seen many people with the same problem, I'm trying to figure out if it's just because everyone else's rears aren't articulating as well.
35x12.5" KM2's riding on 63" chevy leafs. My up-travel is limited only by the length of the rear wheel wells. My well worn 35's are binding at the front and rear of the wells (wheels are perfectly centered).
Given heaps of guys run 35's and don't need to do anything other than a minor trim and fold, and I didn't have an issue either with XJ size leafs, I figure this issue WOULD affect more people if their leafs weren't limiting their up-travel. I just can't see any way to open up the well enough to full stuff 35's into the top of the well. Axle is perfectly centered under the stock well and I'm constantly binding up on the bottom of the well, and my 35's are burned at least to 50%.
Is there a trick to trimming beyond a simple cut and fold that everyone is privy to but I somehow missed and haven't figure out? Plan is to comp-cut the rear anyway, but I was just curious if the issue is really just because I'm flexing that much better than most rigs.
FYI, my rear works just as hard as the front with the longer leafs. I actually had to hold off on the front anti-rock because it would overwork the rear, so I have to do both front and rear bars to keep things equal.
This picture isn't quite as compressed as I can get, but that's where the tires start rubbing front and back. Another 3/4" up and the wheel starts tearing treads off. The rears are cut and folded as far as they can really be pounded, without doing a full comp-cut.
Here's a shot at ride height.
You can even see on the rear of the well, that it's actually gotten shmooshed back almost 1/2" from the constant binding, and every time the rear hits, it's also contacting the front, so it's not an axle location issue. Leafs are perfectly level, so the upward travel is nearly perfectly vertical.
I designed the leaf mounts so I can pull the entire thing back up to 5", so once I've got it comp cut, I'm really limited only by the fuel tank, which will let me move about 3.5-4" back, which will be loads of room. Really this is just a question of why I bind, where others don't seem to have the issue. As stated, I suspect it's just because my compression is much softer.
35x12.5" KM2's riding on 63" chevy leafs. My up-travel is limited only by the length of the rear wheel wells. My well worn 35's are binding at the front and rear of the wells (wheels are perfectly centered).
Given heaps of guys run 35's and don't need to do anything other than a minor trim and fold, and I didn't have an issue either with XJ size leafs, I figure this issue WOULD affect more people if their leafs weren't limiting their up-travel. I just can't see any way to open up the well enough to full stuff 35's into the top of the well. Axle is perfectly centered under the stock well and I'm constantly binding up on the bottom of the well, and my 35's are burned at least to 50%.
Is there a trick to trimming beyond a simple cut and fold that everyone is privy to but I somehow missed and haven't figure out? Plan is to comp-cut the rear anyway, but I was just curious if the issue is really just because I'm flexing that much better than most rigs.
FYI, my rear works just as hard as the front with the longer leafs. I actually had to hold off on the front anti-rock because it would overwork the rear, so I have to do both front and rear bars to keep things equal.
This picture isn't quite as compressed as I can get, but that's where the tires start rubbing front and back. Another 3/4" up and the wheel starts tearing treads off. The rears are cut and folded as far as they can really be pounded, without doing a full comp-cut.
Here's a shot at ride height.
You can even see on the rear of the well, that it's actually gotten shmooshed back almost 1/2" from the constant binding, and every time the rear hits, it's also contacting the front, so it's not an axle location issue. Leafs are perfectly level, so the upward travel is nearly perfectly vertical.
I designed the leaf mounts so I can pull the entire thing back up to 5", so once I've got it comp cut, I'm really limited only by the fuel tank, which will let me move about 3.5-4" back, which will be loads of room. Really this is just a question of why I bind, where others don't seem to have the issue. As stated, I suspect it's just because my compression is much softer.
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