bent link question (opinions)
 

Are they really worth the ground clearence up front? I purchased two set of bent links but from searching and looking at alot of other people's, I notice that most are just running them in the back.

So whats everybody's opinions on running bent links up front??

I'm running both bent in my own bends.

I can say the rear is 100% worth it. Front I can't say for certain and when I searched and asked on this topic people said both really. Some people liked rear only, some liked both, others ran odd length differences.

Since you already bought them, try rear only then try front and rear and compare.

i run both f&r my reasons.. the front bent link helps to get wheel "up on" a ledge or "off a step"without hangin up on link...the rear link helps prevent "ramp up" allowing tires to "drive"closser hopefully gettin tire to it

i run them on the front and rear on mine, i think it it helps when you run a low belly. here is a pic of mine.:roll:

bent links if put into a bind will bind easier then strait links. Now with that said its not that likely to happen, so i would say go for it front and rear because its not going to hurt your performance just help it. I just run them in the back right now because im to lazy to build new ones for the front.

so there is really no huge benifit to running bent links in the front but their is no down side either.

I ran both bent too..

http://homepage.mac.com/xtremeracing...awler/ax10.jpg

I understand the concept, the bent links scrape the rocks less, but what about that important littler part called the drive shaft? in ever picture I've seen with bent links on the truck, the drive shaft is still hanging below the links. Isnt that just as bad a problem?

not really your drive line can take a beating and still keep on going. most times when your hitting a high angle obstical your hitting it at a angle were a strait link would hit but bent ones wont.

I use my eyes to spot lines that keep the tall stuff to the wheels/links area, that way I protect my driveshafts.

Plus the shafts spin so its harder to get hung up on the links don't spin.

before bent link mods or not I still hit the shaft anyway, I also look close where I am going not to hit too much...

I'm ready to get RC4WD shaft.."thumbsup"

well I decided since I already have them I might as well use them. They wont hurt the performance so I went ahead and mounted

Well I put the bent links front and rear and took the springs off and went with the droop setup. Now any time I give it throttle my body cranks all the way over and sits on my left tires. Wow the torque steer is horrible

All you did was take the springs off? You need to put heavier fluid in for sure, also most likely you need to add internal springs to help fight torque twist.

It's not the links they don't change the torque twist issue.

how much heaver should I go with I have some 50 wt laying around. If I put one on the inside of the shock should I put it under the piston on the right front shock?

Ok I am using the oil that came with the kit..... as for the springs I put them on top of the piston on all 4... what I found is the losi mini T front and rear springs are different in length the rears being longer, I tried different placements for the different lengths and found running the 2 longer ones on the left side made the torque steer and twist considerable less. Hope that helps. Oh and im also bent links front and rear.

Most droop set ups on here run very thick, some over 100wt. I'd start at 50wt, but you may need to get up to 100wt to see droop work to its full potential.

Droop is really a drop system, but the speed at which it drops is a huge factor in how it works.