Colindo94 front 3 link

I decided to sell the radius arms a few weeks ago and redesign the front suspension. I will be using the same steering, trackbar, coils, and front axle, but everything else went.

The links are all made of 2" OD 1.5" ID DOM tubing. The axle end have a 3" poly bushing from ballistic. The chassis end is a 2.63" flex joint from ballistic. All of the flex joints will be adjustable, but the bushings are welded streight to the link. I'm not a hundred 100% sure of the length of the links but they will be pretty long. the lower links are going to be longer then the upper link. and the upper link is going to be a drivers side upper link.

All bracketry is made of 1/4" steel. Some are from ballistic and ruffstuff, but most will be custom made.

I've been working on the 3 link calculater a little and hours of sitting under the truck with a measuring tape trying to plan. MAny research hours. And I can use all the help I can get.


Few pics of the start

 

[colindo94]

Been making a bit of progress the last two days. I have less then a week to finish before school starts.

Panhard mount

upper link mount and truss

please excuse the trackbat frame mount....that was a bgining welding project a few months ago

upper link mount

 

[colindo94]

I still have to fabricate some new coil buckets. Relocate the fuel filter. Mount the shocks. cycle....finish weld. paint. test.....and so on

 

[Burns]

Man you make me want to go out in the garage and get to work. Im falling behind

 

[IZwack]

 

[FROADER]

Looking good man! Did you cycle it at all with the upper link on there before you placed it?

 

[colindo94]

Yea a little, it looks like it moves more away from the mount then anything else so I think I'll be ok. If not I will brake the tacks and try again.

Yup iz I copied you....good and simple design

 

[IZwack]

Just be careful when welding around that area, the fuel lines are all there

 

[colindo94]

Yea its going to be a little bit of a challenge. You were lucky with the body lift...I have no room to weld on top of the frame so I went on the inside of the top. I think i might wrap them all in something

 

[IZwack]

Hehe yeah I guess thats one advantage to a body lift, among its 20 thousand disadvantages. But a water-soaked rag works well on the lines really close to where you're welding. This is good stuff though, keep up the good work!

 

[colindo94]

Thank you. I'm really liking designing my own suspension

 

[lifeguard379]

looks great. you have a pic of the drive shaft clerance? cant wait to see this on the trail. where you plan to take it for the shake down run?

 

[colindo94]

friends want to go to prarie city, but I don't knom for sure. Ill get some better pictures in the morning

 

[colindo94]

you should come on out

 

[lifeguard379]

sounds good just let me know.

 

[zainyD]

Looking good dude! How much do you have in this so far after selling your Cage arms?

 

[colindo94]

Like less then $100. Not to bad

 

[DB_1]

Looking good man!

Ditto that Are your shocks gonna be mounted on the links?

 

[colindo94]

No the links are going to be to low i'm afraid. I think I may move them toward the coil bucket more and mount the lower part just above the lower link mounts.

 

[colindo94]

Alright....I got a good amount done today. I cycled the suspension a little to see if there were any clearence issues. The driveshaft was hitting the upper link bracket so I took care of that. Then I welded everything up. and started planning the couil buckets.

full stuff shots

notch in the upper link bracket

upper link bracket

fully welding

 

[lifeguard379]

cant tell by the pics. dose it stuff the same on both sides?