Long Travel BS Thread

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With a Long Travel Kit in the front like the Dirt King, I understand each side of the truck ends up being 3.5" wider or a total of 7" wider overall in the front.

How do you get the rear to match the width in the front? I understand the stock rear axle is 65" wide. You can do up to about 1.5" spacers on each side in the rear but that leaves the rear 4" narrower than the front still. I'm confused. Please help

 

2" spacers is closest you can get without going custom rearend

 

A little Hobart 110 welder is only a few hundred bucks and it will weld up to 3/16" to 1/4", which is plenty for tube work and pretty much any plate work you would do on the truck.

I self-taught welding. Started on scrap, did destructive testing, read as much as I could along the way. Then started welding bumpers, skids, etc. Those didn't fail, so I moved on to suspension stuff. Then I built a trailer from scratch, loaded it down with 2,000 pounds, and towed it to Alaska without issue.

I would venture to guess I have saved myself $5,000 in welding and fabrication over the years.

 

Nothing better than welding something up yourself

 

U save TONS of money welding stuff yourself

 

Welded up some spindles today. And @nfs257 truck cage is coming along

 

On a extra cab is it OK to ha e Te harnesses all the way along the back window? Instead of by the seats? Also they are about equal with my shoulders, should they be lower ?

 

That is fine being along the back bar. Just as long as the bar is an inch or so lower than your shoulders

 

I would say it's probably close to an inch, but not for my passengers who are shorter lol

 

Explain?

 

last i heard hes sorting insurance out, looking to buy his but dont he hasnt told me, dont want to bug him

 

Keeps your back tires further from the curbs

 

LOL, in the last week I've heard 3 different people say the rear should be narrower then the front and when I asked why they all said cause they read it somewhere. I'm still trying to find out why.

Personally, I've driven my old toyota with a 7" wider then stock front then the rear axle and then swapped in a matching rear. Couldn't tell a difference. The race truck, I've driven it with the front to rear width difference at 3 different widths as we've had 3 different housings in there from stock to matching width now. Again, no difference in feeling or handling. Well, there was some difference but it was in the shock valving cause I relocated the shocks during one of the changes too. I currently daily drive a ford exploder that's probably 6" wider up front and well, it handles fine. I'm halfways tempted to check the track width of this 2015 mustang that's sitting right next to my desk here at work and see if the factory agrees with this rear should be narrower then the front.

I'm just curious what the "theory" behind this is cause so far I've heard it as truth but nobody has had even an explanation of why. And whether I agree or not, I'm just curious...

 

When I raced quads we would adjust the rear width to determine how much the rear would hook or slide in a corner. The narrower the rear the more it would want to hook up in a corner and the wider would slide more. I am not sure if it is a principle that translates into this world but interested. I don't see many of us sliding into berms and such.

 

Slightly off topic but would you mind sharing info about the MCM kit and your rear axle? How far over per side is the kit? Also what is the WMS on that sweet Camburg axle? I look to the TPF truck as inspiration for my build since it seems to work pretty well.

 

Trucks gone forever. Don't think the coulovers came off unles he swapped in something to keep supported...