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Chassis and Suspension / Re: Arm is fixed! Thanks to Barry!
« Last post by Generalg on Yesterday at 11:58:51 AM »
Great info, thank you.  I know that was probably the answer all along but if it's not worth doing right it's not worth doing!  I will play around with the tie rod length. 

Thank you
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Chassis and Suspension / Re: Arm is fixed! Thanks to Barry!
« Last post by fabr on Yesterday at 11:49:29 AM »
BTW,I cheat at this and use performance trends suspension analyzer.
 https://www.performancetrends.com/SuspAnzr.htm
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Chassis and Suspension / Re: Arm is fixed! Thanks to Barry!
« Last post by fabr on Yesterday at 11:47:12 AM »
BTW,I would experiment on the tie rod length and the outer mount clocking and length till I had all the bumpsteer gone or at the very least had a max of 1/2".  It is well worth the effort.
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Chassis and Suspension / Re: Arm is fixed! Thanks to Barry!
« Last post by fabr on Yesterday at 11:43:38 AM »
I took another look at it. I would relocate the outer tie rod mount on the knuckle. IMO,it is the best ,by far,option and ,of course,the most work. I do not like the relocating of the inner as you indicate. I see it putting a much larger axial twist  to the rack itself which are not all that great in the first place against that wear and tear. Bottom line the only way I would take is relocating the outer tie rod mount.
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Chassis and Suspension / Re: Arm is fixed! Thanks to Barry!
« Last post by fabr on Yesterday at 10:43:56 AM »
I dont like that idea. When i get home Ill look at bigger pics tho.
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Chassis and Suspension / Arm is fixed! Thanks to Barry!
« Last post by Generalg on Yesterday at 10:06:46 AM »
Thanks to @BrianN for getting me in contact with his brother Barry.  WOW Barry does some NICE work!!!  The Jackson arm is fixed and braced on both arms.  It was determined thanks to Harkins, that a side horizontal load break occurred, not a vertical break like you would of thought. 

During test fitting the arm and now rebuilding the shocks with new shafts I realized I have a crap ton of BUMP STEER!   beathorse.gif~c200 beathorse.gif~c200


The previous owner had upgraded to 2" hollow's with new spindles/hubs etc.  During that swap the an abundance of bump steer was created.  This was the result of the new spindles not utilizing the correct location of the tierod.  The original combo spindles designed from Jackson had the correct geometry, however I do not have these to compare to.  Short of hacking off the current tierod mount on the spindle and moving the mounting point upward risking the tierod mount VERY close to the wheel.  What about a dropped heim separator/spreader fabricated to use on the Howe steering rack?  Would a  drop of 1 1/4" to 1 3/8" on the Howe rack put more stress/cause premature failure on the Howe rack or stay away from this idea?  Suggestions?  Ideas?














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Chassis and Suspension / Re: Now I have gone and done it.
« Last post by fabr on October 31, 2023, 06:10:22 PM »
Quote from: dsrace on October 31, 2023, 07:44:06 AM
Sounds like a fun project and everyone deserves a little goof off time. We will be having another group gathering at little Sahara the first week of May if your interested.
You are more than welcome to join the dune trips. Always looking for new members for the rides.
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Chassis and Suspension / Re: Now I have gone and done it.
« Last post by dsrace on October 31, 2023, 07:44:06 AM »
Sounds like a fun project and everyone deserves a little goof off time. We will be having another group gathering at little Sahara the first week of May if your interested.
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Chassis and Suspension / Re: Now I have gone and done it.
« Last post by Stickflipper on October 23, 2023, 11:58:36 AM »
I have pretty much decided on connecting the new tubes to the aft end of the triangle. This way they will be 90deg to the bottom tubes.
I'll post up a pic when it's all tacked up, currently trying to refresh the old brain on Bend Tech Pro, so I can bend up the bottom tubes. With the price of steel, can't mess it up, to spendy for redos.
N/A for now, maybe turbo later, this should be pretty compareable power wize to the 2.0 turbo subi I had but with a lot more torque.
I goofed off all summer, hunting etcn now trying to get the cage part done before heading to Az for the winter.
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Chassis and Suspension / Re: Now I have gone and done it.
« Last post by dsrace on October 22, 2023, 05:43:02 AM »
nice to see your still duning!

looks like a nice project. i fully understand breaking transaxles  :m

not sure i fully understand the question. i can say, that if you decide to cut those up running tubes out , when replacing them, have them connect at the same joint the others do right by them. 

will the honda be n/a or boosted?
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