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Old 02-02-2009, 01:38 PM   #1
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Default Bent link direction?

which way do these go?

does the bend go over the wheel, or the chassie side?
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nice, thats how i did mine, but a homie @ the LHS this weekend had his the other way, bend closer to tire side.

i sat there for a minute, lookin at it, but that way seemed to give it te most clearence.

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they're even the opposite way in the add above my post! lol
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Well, I usually like for my links to be parallel with the bottom of the chassis (pictured below) which means that sometimes the bend is closer to the axle (as opposed to in the center of the link, as pictured above), but if you have a larger diameter tire, then your clearance wont be compromised much.
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So i switched mine around like yours Jeremy, and like most i see.

but then that cause the shocks and links to battle, so i did what everyone does and got longer screws and spacers, and moved the links in.

i feel that this way exposes the drive shafts to bumps and bruises, and seemed lower (ride hight) in comparison to the bends closer to the skid plate like your first pic

am i nuts and full of it?
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I have my bend in the rear by the axel. And seem's to be good but the drive shaft takes a beating
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The bend should be towards the axle. The longer straight end of the link should be towards the chassis. Your driveshaft will take a beating no matter which way you put them.
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...and seemed lower (ride hight) in comparison to the bends closer to the skid plate like your first pic

am i nuts and full of it?
No matter which way they are installed, your ride height won't change. It's still the same length link from point A to B...it just has a bend in it.
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Ya what he said. But it seems like the chassis is lower when the bend's in front
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Ya what he said. But it seems like the chassis is lower when the bend's in front
If you moved the link ends to a different mounting position when you flipped them around, it changed the distance between the axle and chassis.

Say you take a set of upper links that are a given lenth.

Moving them closer together at the axle will lenthen the wb. Further apart and you shorten the wb. The opposite is true for the chassis side.

Changing the wb without changing the shock/spring position or preload will affect ride height because the shocks/springs will try to maintain the same lenth that they had before..

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nice.

thank you for the clarification duuuuuuuude.


that makes sense
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