Anyone run Revolvers up front? If so how do you like them. I am thinking running them front and rear right now while I gather parts for a spring swap. I like the way they work in the rear, but I am not sure if they would work well up front. Thanx for the input.

Matt

This guy ran them front and rear, caused him headaches the entire weekend. Had to raise the front spring mount for the :rainbow: revolvers to work. IMHO they are :rainbow: Use 2" springs or AAL's on the SOA to get more lift and flex.

Joe

There is a cruiser guy back home that ran revolvers. He thinks that is the reason that he rolled his fortie in Moab. He has years of driving experience, so that wasn't it. He has since removed them from both of his rigs. Not worth the money compared to springs if you ask me.

Erin

I used to run them front and rear. I still run the rear set in some 2.5" lift YJ's soa on my sammi. I had them in the front with no shackle reversal and bent a spring 1/4 mile into the 'con. the suspension was held shut by my winch the hole time. Revolvers work great for a spring thats lifted and therefore doesn't have as much droop. they are hard to make work on a front spring though because they tend to bottom out on the frame. I was having that problem in the rear to so now that are mounted with the angle out instead of in and I love it. I've never felt that they make it unstable and actually it seems to me that they've saved me a few times by letting the tire drop down and get traction instead of pulling me over. The only thing you can really do is try them out for yourself.

revolvers suck

I already have 4" trailmaster CJ springs on my scout as is. The fronts are stiffer than hell. Not much drop or stuff from them. They seem to work well in the rear, but I figured the fronts wouldn't work out well. If i had more time or a second rig swapping springs would be no biggie, but the SOA will take enough time as it is, but I may try ad redo the fronts. The rear Trailmaster's aren't bad but are not that great. They just suck less than the fronts.

What is an AAL?

:rainbow:

I ran them F&R for about 3 months. Needless to say I went SOA and sold them (this is on a Jeep). I felt like they aided in wheel hop on climbs. I noticed it during steep climbs at Tellico.

Originally posted by scoutman
What is an AAL?

ADD A LEAF

I think rockiller is on to something, I have them in the rear of my blazer, my dad has them front and rear on his willys wagon, my rear springs have an AAL and they are hella stiff, my dads willys has some old school narrow CJ type lift springs that are so got damn stiff, the revolvers were a good fix it quick for flex, but if you have springs that are even half way flexy, (my front springs are badass!) I would stay away from them.
It all goes to personally preference and your rig, They are not bolt on wonders.

thanx for the info, it is kinda what i thought may happen with them. But I have the 4' 55-75 CJ lift on mine. I am going to play around with some other ideasand see how to get a bit more flex outta what I got first. Before I jump into a spring swap.

*DANGER* If you put them on your front springs I highly recommend that you do a shackle reversal as well. If they are at the front of your front springs they tend to open up when you try to climb a rock and push the axle back and bend your main leaf back by the solid mount. I've seen it soooooo many times. I used to run them, and they definately helped with flex, but they also caused a broken main leaf on a trail once, necessitating an *interesting* trail repair.

:rainbow: