Need a measurement---toy front diff

[crash2]

Anybody out there running a toy front diff with marlins high steer arms? I need a tie rod measurement ----from tre center to tre center....

 

[stompinjab1]

mine is 45 1/8

 

[crash2]

mine is 45 1/8

Whats your toe set at?

 

[stompinjab1]

It's an 1/8 in cause I welded the ram mount on befor finall set up

 

[heep70]

I have the Sky highsteer stuff. On center from ball joint to ball joint is 45.5" with 3/16" toe.

 

[skrause]

I have the Sky highsteer stuff. On center from ball joint to ball joint is 45.5" with 3/16" toe.

Sky's arms are shorter in length and and have proper ackerman though, can't compare.

 

[heep70]

Sky's arms are shorter in length and and have proper ackerman though, can't compare.

HHHmmmmmm cool, I wasn't sure of the differnces. What is "ackerman"?

 

[Trailtoy1993]

Sky's arms are shorter in length and and have proper ackerman though, can't compare.

Marlins arms are Sky's arms Sky is producing the hi-steer that Marlin and All-poo are selling now......

 

[skrause]

Marlins arms are Sky's arms Sky is producing the hi-steer that Marlin and All-poo are selling now......

Where'd you hear this little tidbit? Last I saw marlin and allpoo were still selling the old allpoo CAST arms...

 

[skrause]

HHHmmmmmm cool, I wasn't sure of the differnces. What is "ackerman"?

Has to do with steering geometry, google it and you'll see.

 

[heep70]

Has to do with steering geometry, google it and you'll see.

You don't know either do ya :redneck: :;

 

[skrause]

Marlins arms are Sky's arms Sky is producing the hi-steer that Marlin and All-poo are selling now......

I just looked, and no they are not. Sky is still selling his Stage 6 arms like I have on my truck. AllPoo is selling some supposedly forged arms with a kind of "web" machining job done to them. Marlin is selling his two-piece billet arms, which have a pressed in pin, as well as his new 6 stud arms.



:flipoff: :kissmyass: So ya, who passed you this internet babble about them being the same?

 

[skrause]

You don't know either do ya :redneck: :;

I'm too lazy to explain when there's lots of pages out there explaining it. Has to do with the different radius of the inside and outside tires path in relation to the steering angle imparted by the linkage. Let's just say that Allpoo's original poor design gave you a ****-ton of toe-in whenever you turned.

 

[heep70]

Here ya go.


http://members.cox.net/bdfelice/Ackerman/ackerman.htm

 

[skrause]

Here ya go.


http://members.cox.net/bdfelice/Ackerman/ackerman.htm

Wow, that's a crappy article. :haha: :flipoff: Try these ones, much better visuals

http://www.auto-ware.com/setup/ack_rac.htm
http://www.rctek.com/handling/ackerman_steering_principle.html