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Seem like up til 6-7 years ago, radius arms, like that on old broncos were a good upgrade for alot of wheelers, now that everyone has the ability to do 3 and 4 links, radius arm suspension sucks now? It use to be an upgrade from leaves for many jeep owners, it was strong, flexed great, the price was right and easy to fabricate.
Want Advice on my Plans
I am building a CJ5 on 35s with about 100"WB, on a very tight budget, and have been considering using radius arms for the rear suspension, panhard bar and TJ coils. I would just keep the springs, but i need to move the axle way back to fit the TH 400 tranny (long SOB), so leaves wont work.
If it was ten years ago, this would be a trick setup, Now its lame? I understand why 3-4 links are better, but by the time you get it done with DOM, heims, inserts, etc. its very pricey, I dont have that budget for this project.
Here is what I want to do for the rear suspension, I am going to use the exsisting leaf spring mounts on the frame, instead of the leaf springs bolting in that space I will make 2 arms out of 2 1/2 in box. the arm will have a 3/4" heim on the end that bolts to the exsisting front leaf spring bracket, the other end of the arm will go back to the leaf spring bed and attach to the spring bed with U bolts, just like the leafs did. I will also run a panhard, so basically a fixed two link with a panhard. The arms will be about 40"
When i first started going to CAL ROCKS,(several years ago) there was a lot of vehicles with this swingarm type suspension, that just u-bolted 2 1/2"box to leaf beds and extended the arms to the framerails or triangulated them to the center cross member and just used one big heim....
All you trust funders that just tell me to go with a 3/4 link, thats not the advice i can afford, Im going to do this setup, just want advice to make it the best I can with my financial constraints of available funding. (my new mission statement)
Shawn
Want Advice on my Plans
I am building a CJ5 on 35s with about 100"WB, on a very tight budget, and have been considering using radius arms for the rear suspension, panhard bar and TJ coils. I would just keep the springs, but i need to move the axle way back to fit the TH 400 tranny (long SOB), so leaves wont work.
If it was ten years ago, this would be a trick setup, Now its lame? I understand why 3-4 links are better, but by the time you get it done with DOM, heims, inserts, etc. its very pricey, I dont have that budget for this project.
Here is what I want to do for the rear suspension, I am going to use the exsisting leaf spring mounts on the frame, instead of the leaf springs bolting in that space I will make 2 arms out of 2 1/2 in box. the arm will have a 3/4" heim on the end that bolts to the exsisting front leaf spring bracket, the other end of the arm will go back to the leaf spring bed and attach to the spring bed with U bolts, just like the leafs did. I will also run a panhard, so basically a fixed two link with a panhard. The arms will be about 40"
When i first started going to CAL ROCKS,(several years ago) there was a lot of vehicles with this swingarm type suspension, that just u-bolted 2 1/2"box to leaf beds and extended the arms to the framerails or triangulated them to the center cross member and just used one big heim....
All you trust funders that just tell me to go with a 3/4 link, thats not the advice i can afford, Im going to do this setup, just want advice to make it the best I can with my financial constraints of available funding. (my new mission statement)
Shawn