Actual Moderator with a Tacoma...But Definitely Not a Build Thread

I am more concerned about the leaf twisting at droop limit. Shit gonna snap one day.

 

jberry's 2012 DCSB Constantly changing thread name Build

 

I understand what you meant about tuning. Luckily for me tuning is irrelevant at low speeds. I still have not strapped my rear, and have yet to destroy my shocks. My method was using top spring only with a block to match assembled spring pack thickness. My measurements indicated max travel of 11.5" with my set up. Real world conditions ended up showing me that I fucked those measurements up.

 

There's no way in hell everybody is smarter than you... maybe some people might be, but people like @scocar still fall below the curve

 

Like it or not, I am still learning at an age when most think they know it all. Obviously I need to refine where I look for knowledge.

 

I love the cold hard truth you lay down, and people actually listen. Sometimes anyways. Sucks about those 4x shackles. Sounds like they need some better quality control. I thought about buying those a few times but always hold off because why fix whats not broke.

 

Jerry, thanks for the details on the 4x shackles. I recently became aware of them a few weeks

I had to unsubscribe this thing thing with all the people bashing, intentional or accidental. And let's not talk about the black dildos, and blowup dolls in the products discussed in this thread. Just post some manly random links to Amazon and that should get flushed out. Well at least it's worth a try.

And I think perhaps your build threads should come with some kind of warning label. The So called Penguin build, you linked to, I'm reading your old post from 2012, where you were cycling the suspension, and I'm like okay, looks good... Continue scrolling down and then half naked women show up, as my wife is like 2' away! Haha close one!

All that aside, I'm glad to speak suspension with you for a few if you'll be serious.

Thanks for reviewing the 4x shackles. Too bad build quality isn't better. I don't think I'd have run them with the bushing that short. I don't suppose you measued ID of bushing before install? I have reviewed a few different vendors offerings and could possibly recommend an alternative. Anyways, I'm very close to installing my modified stock greasable shackles.

Regards to your measuring, you didn't say in your quoted post above, or in the 1st gen build post you linked me too, so for the sake of clarity can you please tell me exactly where you are measuring from? Which point to which point? And what are you calling this value?

Thanks.

 

I think there may be some confusion over terminology with a lot of people using terms interchangeably when they actually mean very different things.

"Suspension travel" and "wheel travel/tire articulation" are 2 different things.
Wheel/tire articulation is dependent upon is easily modified by spacers, backspacing, tire size, etc.
Suspension travel is just that, for the rear axle on a second gen it would be measured from both sides drooped out, to both sides bumped out. You can measure from wherever you want as long as both sides are drooped/bumped together and then find the difference between them.

Am I summing this up correctly?

 

From a shock length, limit strap and bump stop placement perspective the articulating travel is what we care about, right? Since that's the worst case for the components in question.

 

LOL, I seriously appreciate your patience with this stuff, you've got more knowledge of suspensions than a good percentage of Tacomaworld combined(myself included), everyone who has any interest in suspensions is just trying to catch up.

 

I take back what I said earlier, there is A LOT of confusion going on with terminology.

 

Jerry 4 Prez.

 

I'm just here for the Amazon reccomendations, here's a manly one, it's even in the title.

Fatal Decision Men's Manly Unicorn Vintage Tshirt black

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