lancey3 said:i doubt it? i've never heard of such a thing..
from googling and reading this http://www.afcoracing.com/tech_pages/leaf.shtml
i would say they would limit travel, which would make it a horrible modification.
scottmcneal said:would this be a wink link when rock crawling?
Robert 771 said:I dont think he's talking about a skid. It's kind of a track that replaces the shackle. It mounts the rear eye of the leaf spring, and lets it slide fore n aft, rather than swing from the shackle.
My personal opinion is that most of the gimicky things like this are better in theory than in practice... But I have no experience with the sliders whatsoever...
Robert
scottmcneal said:ok, but we don't have a frame, so it would be bad.... my 2 cents
tdr1213 said:How would they limit travel? I read that tech article and no where did it indicate spring travel would be limited. It's simple a different way to accommodate spring travel.
Zuki-Ron said:The travel is limited because now you only can move within the spring rate.
The shackle allows the rear of the spring to move from a point level with the frame at the back (flat spring), to a point below and in front of the rear pivot point (spring in droop).
That last bit is what gives you the suspension travel you limit with the slider. If you doubt, I recomend drawing it.
A good on-road performance mod, but will make the ride stiff. Bad Off-Road performance.
scottmcneal said:but we do have a frame... it is just a uniframe,which makes it a frame. I don't get why people always put frame in ' ' when they are talking about it. It is still a frame the last time I checked.
glad i know now, thank you..
how much stress would that out on the uniframe or the weld? i think that with it sliding back an forth it would weaken the frame.. PS i'm not a frame man.. That is why i ask ?s
scottmcneal said:but we do have a frame... it is just a uniframe,which makes it a frame. I don't get why people always put frame in ' ' when they are talking about it. It is still a frame the last time I checked.
glad i know now, thank you..
how much stress would that out on the uniframe or the weld? i think that with it sliding back an forth it would weaken the frame.. PS i'm not a frame man.. That is why i ask ?s