Long Travel BS Thread

Well I decided to not get a +2 LT and got the +3.5 instead from TC should be arriving soon. Thanks for everyone's input.

 

Got the heimed uppers?

 

Yep shure did.

 

Nice. You adding cam tab gussets during install? With those uppers you'll be able to add lockouts and should be good to go.

 

just curious, how hard would it be to convert to heimed uppers? could you just hack off the old bushing tubes and then weld in a threaded bung for them?

 

Pretty much if you figure how much more you want to get for caster so you have enough but not too much thread engagement.

 

Cuz I swapped a different (camburg) set of uppers on to see if that would correct my alignment issues and it came out even worse. With the original arms ("TC") the pass side camber tab is maxed and still like .5* out. So now im thinking that might be my only option if I want to correct it

 

Have you inspected it to see if one of your spindles are bent?

 

Thats one of the other options, both are gusseted which would lead me to believe no, but never know. Not sure how to check that other than swapping a stock on in, which I have, but an ADD not manual. Could also be the coil bucket, which Im highly suspect of, but ones again dont know how to figure out if it is

 

Yeah if you're going to be pulling it apart to make new uppers, it wouldn't be a huge deal to put in the other spindles and see if that fixes it even with a visual inspection.

 

For guys with Links out back, does anyone have any experience with how the anti-squat% change thru travel impacts rear compliance?

Also, does anyone know what front and rear frequencies they run?

I'm over-thinking things for fun.

 

@Basikbiker

 

Hacking the ends off your bushed arms generally doesn't work because the tubes arnt parallel to each other...so u adjust em out and your mounting width will change to where they won't fit

 

Ride height antisquat for a go fast truck is usually around 50%

 

Any luck bending them to where they would be straight / parallel but not too wide?

 

Thanks, wasn't my question tho.

 

Well it not really a factor when the more important thing is driveshaft plunge you want to minimize that and have your antisquat at a value that you want...thats pretty much it besides pinion angle...shock tuning takes care of the rest

 

Maybe...be tough getting it into a die tho

Almost easier to jig it real quick and make a new arm

 

I have a set of marlin lower control arm gussets i just need to get around to burning them on. Then I might get some lock outs at some point after everything is all set up correctly.

 

Any recommendations on wheel spacers and size for the back until I get a bigger axle built. This would be for a +3.5 LT kit