[Baja Burley]

i have spent tonight exploding my brain and have come up with this.

this is an exact 1:10 scale mq chassis (its exact at the points it needs to be anyway)

this is with a 100mm dropped Xmember at the front and a 50 mm dropped xmember at the back to clear the shackles on existing crossmember

this is demonstrating 3 different points in the 'cycle' of the leaf spring if you like; full droop, ride height and full compression (as best as i can calculate)

the two dots along the curve represent each end of the diff perch to demonstrate change in pinion angle. the top two are standard

did it explode your brain too??

 

[Baja Burley]

delete

 

[neRok]

looks good. so can the spring flatten out completely and not bind up on the shackle hanger?

 

[Baja Burley]

well it is obviously going to foul but i highly doubt the spring will go to completely flat.. also the length of the shackle is limiting it from going completely flat..

 

[Wish I Had Coils]

well your putting some home work into it, I'll give you that much. Very keen to see the out come. Might be an option for me to do before i worry about new springs for my bus.

 

[(EST)MahviaDeTyrk]

Measured rear leafs - reversing them moves axle 230mm

 

[seehuusen]

does anyone know if the shock absorbers needs to be moved back too? If so, where have they been placed?

 

[David_S]

Well Baja Burley, how did you get on?

Baja. I thought I would resurrect your thread to see how you got on with reversing the front springs. Did you ever do it or was it too much hassle?

I am curious as I fitted new efs front springs a month ago and the first rock I hit when driving up a shallow stream bed bent the top leaf (again) just as you describe. This is at least the third time it has happened to me with efs springs.

It seems as if the top leaf is not thick enough (7.4mm) to withstand such a compression load. I am going to get a thicker leaf made up and will also fit an extra "leaf keeper" as close to the spring eye as possible to keep the three end leaves together. These efs springs are the heavy duty 2" lift as I have a heavy winch and mounting bracket.

They are also MK springs as I took the opportunity to change the front hangers from the steel bushed MQ ones to the rubber bushed MK - made a big difference to the ride.

David

 

[Baja Burley]

Flashback Monday

for all you guys wondering if this ever happened. It did. was the single best mod i did to my truck! It rode really nicely and flexed like a champ.. results are in my build thread. Search for 'baja burleys truck"


Cheers
Luke