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Modify upper shock mounts for more up-travel?

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Old Dec 28, 2015 | 06:16 AM
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I am referring to when you stuff one tire and droop the other. As you do this the axle rotates around the suspension and the tires will turn into the body causing clearance issues. At the same time the track bar is pulling the axle towards the body in one direction. The more down travel you have in the suspension the more rotation you will get and the more clearance issue you will have when articulating.
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Old Dec 28, 2015 | 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by TheDirtman
I am referring to when you stuff one tire and droop the other. As you do this the axle rotates around the suspension and the tires will turn into the body causing clearance issues. At the same time the track bar is pulling the axle towards the body in one direction. The more down travel you have in the suspension the more rotation you will get and the more clearance issue you will have when articulating.
This is a great point! One thing I hadn't considered with my build is the longer travel shocks resulted in tires moving closer in towards the frame on articulation. They don't just move up and down more with the longer shocks. In the rear the longer travel resulted in my driveshaft hitting the fuel tank as it also moved around more. I also started having issues with swaybar links hitting tires. Everything is moving around more back there as you get more travel. You just need to be willing to get creative and have a BFH, grinder, and saws all in your tool arsenal then it all works, lol
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