Marlin Crawler's New Rock Crawling Long Travel IFS Suspension System (#RCLT)

Because most believe what they read because companies like this are supposed to be transparent with their customers. Not hide behind some smoke and mirrors. It really is sad to see people blatantly lied to and essentially conned into buying something that is not nor ever will be what was advertised. It’s really frustrating to see stuff like this in the industry. It kills enthusiasts.

It’s also frustrating to see him bashing other PROVEN companies. Competition is good. Friendly competition is better. Bashing competition just makes you look bad.

 

True. I am looking to his eventual response.

 

Shh, don't rile the "heir of rock crawling" he will shun us and not release any more of the "world first" products. He'll only advertise them for years and tell us how revolutionary and awesome they are only to never sell them to us. He will build a website and have things for sale only to never have anything in stock with no real timeline of when they may become available. We must not anger our rock crawling God for his vengeance will be swift to us peasants.

 

So had this come full circle to "may as well just do an SAS" yet?

 

I’m waiting patiently for this one

 

It seems to be pushing some people in that direction.

 

Dude I don’t know what kind of witchcraft you practice or who you share a bed with but every single time I open Instagram your posts are in my feed and I don’t even follow you. I don’t mind, because I really enjoy seeing your truck, but it’s the most consistent blasting I get on social media aside from the typical nonsense. Again - not giving you a hard time. And I don’t follow you because I don’t really follow anyone anymore and I don’t post anymore. Just saying you’ve got some sort of something going on there. Hope that didn’t come across as negative. Just saying it’s insane. your truck is a pleasure to watch!

 

Glad you are enjoying the show. It is funny you say that about always popping up in your feed, because it seems like my account has been very slow to gain followers compared to others I've noticed. I imagine it is just showing you reels, since that is what instagram pushes these days.

 

Has anybody seen this? I can't see how my LCA pockets would be off (driver side lined up). Marlins gusset kit was installed prior to rclt. Had DK LCA's with no issues.

 

Compare the width of both lower arms and make sure it isn’t an arm issue. Someone else had an issue with an upper arm.

 

For comparison. Appears there is some discrepancies on what is center or offset. Just noticed this after pulling measurements. Will be contacting Marlin tomorrow

 

Can anybody confirm the location of their passenger side rear LCA pocket? Replacement from Marlin is exactly the same. Same fitment issues..

 

What washer stacks are you using on the other side of the LCA (the side of the problem LCA that is not pictured)? What measurements do you need? I'm planning to pull my skid plates off this week and I can measure the distance between the LCA mounting points.

 

Washer stacks are same thickness on front cam (which are the most thin washers supplied). I basically need to know the location of the pivot point where it is welded to the LCA towards rear of truck. Whether it is centered or offset slightly. This makes 1/8" difference between the pass/Driver arms.

Driver side:


Passenger side: centered

 

I found a pic from my install and it’s offset to the rear on the pass side. I’ll check them tomorrow.

 

RIP Marlin Crawler. Condolences Big Mike!

 

Bummer.

 

I missed it. What happened?

EDIT: Nevermind, found it. Condolences Big Mike. I can’t imagine how hard that one is.

 

Thinking about doing this on a gx460.

I really want for the more robust suspension more than the LT aspect. I have seen so many CL axles, spindles, and other other front IFS parts break even at places like Prairie City.

no swaybay disconnect concerns me though. Also having to buy another rear axle is a concern because I already bought/installed 4.56 gears and a rear locker.

there is a nearby GX460 with a full RCLT conversion. I wonder if I should ask the guy if I could drive it for 20 minutes in the road.

 

confused why you think you need a new rear axle?