I was getting ready to order my superflex joints from www.polyperformance.com for my long arms and noticed the uniball joints anyone run them or heard of them? i am gonna be running them on the axle end and running rubber bushings on the frame end
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anyone running the uniball joints
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BrettM
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assuming you're doing radius style longarms, you are talking about doing it exactly wrong. you want the joints to be at the frame end where there is the most twist. you want the bushings to be at the axle end so that the radius arm doesn't bind.
joe88xj
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BrettM said:
????????????????? i kinda figure theres more twist at the axle end than the frame end, my superflex short arms have the rubicon express joint at the axle and the bushing at the frame end.
94XJ4x4
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IM a newbie.sorry... just wondering... could you put them at both ends or would that be pointless?
RCP Phx
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RE puts the rubber at the frame end(lca's only) for sound/ride purposes.Their uca's are at the frame end because they didnt have a choice(at the time)!
DrMoab
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If you are doing radius style arms there is almost(if any) twist on the axle side. Its all at the frame end.joe88xj said:
BrettM
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i don't feel like explaining why there is twist at the frame and not at the axle. instead either trust me (and Dr. Moab that just chimed in) or look at all the companies making radius arm setups (RE, Clayton, Rusty's, etc) and you will notice they all use a joint at the frame and bushings at the axle. there is a reason.joe88xj said:
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BrettM said:
OMG. I'm actually going to agree with this youngster.
Gawd help me.
CRASH
BrettM
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you'll have leafs up front by summerCRASH said:
you love it.
joe88xj
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I've been thinkin about it and i get it the twist is at the frame since there is only 1 arm on each side attached to frame, at the axle theres 2 arms on each side and naturally they wont twist as much as the end with a single pair. or rather they frame end will trist better than the axle end cause your only twistin 2 arms and not 4 like at the axle end.