Rear axle weight for three link
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You have peaked my curiosity. What would you do with that information? In reality the suspension does not hold the weight of the suspension. It holds the wieght of the truck minus the weight of the axle (ie the total weight - the unsprung weight = sprung weight)
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and how are you planning to do this?
Traction bars, panhard bar, and place the coil overs in the where the stock shocks are, or make a bar to go between the frames so that that coilovers are straight up and down instead of staggered?
Traction bars, panhard bar, and place the coil overs in the where the stock shocks are, or make a bar to go between the frames so that that coilovers are straight up and down instead of staggered?
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I need to find the axle weight to minus it from the trucks weight to find the sprung weight.
The three link will use two lower control arms mounting infront of the front hangers and running to the bottom side of the axle all points will run poly bushings. The coils will sit on top of arms and a cup/mount will exstend from the frame rail to hold the top of the coil. The coils will run at a point on the link just to hold the rear weight, not for towing, just as the front is set up to only hold front end weight. The third link will be a a-arm that bolts to the top of the diff with a heim joint and runs towrds the cab and bolts to the cross member.
The a-arm will look like this: normal A , my link /|
One side of the arm will run above the driveline which is along side to the gas tank, the other side will run at a diagonal from the passenger side of the crossmember to the meeting point at the heim joint.
The three link will use two lower control arms mounting infront of the front hangers and running to the bottom side of the axle all points will run poly bushings. The coils will sit on top of arms and a cup/mount will exstend from the frame rail to hold the top of the coil. The coils will run at a point on the link just to hold the rear weight, not for towing, just as the front is set up to only hold front end weight. The third link will be a a-arm that bolts to the top of the diff with a heim joint and runs towrds the cab and bolts to the cross member.
The a-arm will look like this: normal A , my link /|
One side of the arm will run above the driveline which is along side to the gas tank, the other side will run at a diagonal from the passenger side of the crossmember to the meeting point at the heim joint.