Internal crosspost, Heath's dually project

blacksheep10 · Feb 23, 2008

its driving now, but has bad wheel hop. could be the fact that the ladder bar pivot point to center of axle tube is about 18* uphill. little bit of axle hop. going to move the mount in front down some. For now, just driving it.
have to admit, ended up looking good, even dirty as balls (I still don't like the faded ass toolbox)

no dually fenders yet, though. molaugh

they're headed to do that right now.

under_psi · Feb 23, 2008

blacksheep10 · Feb 23, 2008

bens, on the other hand, has a squat factor to it. the front perch on the chevies is low enough that his axle c line to pivot is beyond flat. I guess he spins all over now, no hop at all.

Juan_Hong_Loe · Feb 23, 2008

Looks bad ass except for the DAMN toolbox!

blacksheep10 · Feb 23, 2008

Juan_Hong_Loe said:
Looks bad ass except for the DAMN toolbox!

laughing1 my peeve, thanks for the backup

Travis · Feb 25, 2008

Are yall just using the leaf spring hanger as the front mounting point for the link? Two links and a panhard?

I really, really want to link the back of my f-450, just can't decide the best way to approach it. Definitely don't want it to hop or squat under heavy acceleration.

blacksheep10 · Feb 25, 2008

yup, using the front leaf perch. the way top do it, then is to set your proposed ride height, run a ruler from teh center of the axle tube to the center of the leaf perch and see your angle at said ride height. this is with the front at height on level ground, of course. Then you set it up like a 1 link. steep up angle you're gonna have anti squat.
someone good with links help me out, does it go from teh center of your axle or the center of your contact patch? if CP is the case, push the front of the ladder out under the drivers door or so laughing1
If I were to do it, I would make it adjustable to get my optimum setup.

P · Feb 25, 2008

That thing is gonna look badass !! the toolbox needs to go in the garbage though , I agree there 110%

And he needs like 4 fittys in the bed

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Travis · Feb 25, 2008

Normal leaf spring bushings at the front of the link? Any bushings at the axle, or just ubolts holding securing axle to link?

blacksheep10 · Feb 25, 2008

Ubolts holding 3/8" wall square tube (3x3) to spring perch and a poly bushing that's like 3.5" wide and huge as fawk in a 1/4" wall DOM sleeve welded adn braced to the tube. that said, I had nothing to do with the design or execution of said truck. I'm only taking pics and reporting.