Axle width different between front/rear...
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Tuned
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Axle width different between front/rear...
Since I have bought my 2002 X a couple months ago, I have been delighted with it.
Have been reading about the mod's everyone is doing so I figure I would add a sway bar. Just put it on last night and it seems to be better in turns, but driving for a while in different conditions will tell me if it really was a big difference or not. I didn't feel it was bad before, but rather stable especially when turning in long radius curves at a higher speed, it did rather well, so the vote is out on the need for the sway bar.
But again, since I will be pulling a larger boat some day, thought it couldn't hurt.
Now, I find something else to think about.
Has anyone seen the spacers for the axle's at correctrack.com?
I just measured the width of my front axle <a href="http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=37919709&siteid=39251846">tires </a>and compared to the rear. Sure enough, they are 1.5" narrower on the rear than the front.
I would think that by adding width to the rear, that woulld surely stabilize any vehicle, especially the highway swaying on bad roads.
Anyone familiar with these and what do you think?
Have been reading about the mod's everyone is doing so I figure I would add a sway bar. Just put it on last night and it seems to be better in turns, but driving for a while in different conditions will tell me if it really was a big difference or not. I didn't feel it was bad before, but rather stable especially when turning in long radius curves at a higher speed, it did rather well, so the vote is out on the need for the sway bar.
But again, since I will be pulling a larger boat some day, thought it couldn't hurt.
Now, I find something else to think about.
Has anyone seen the spacers for the axle's at correctrack.com?
I just measured the width of my front axle <a href="http://service.bfast.com/bfast/click?bfmid=37919709&siteid=39251846">tires </a>and compared to the rear. Sure enough, they are 1.5" narrower on the rear than the front.
I would think that by adding width to the rear, that woulld surely stabilize any vehicle, especially the highway swaying on bad roads.
Anyone familiar with these and what do you think?
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Axle width different between front/rear...
Roberth,
I have a 2k Excursion and have owned another ford 4x4 and both were wider in front than in back. I'm not sure why, but I had 245K on my old f 150 and had no real problems with the drive train.
I have a 2k Excursion and have owned another ford 4x4 and both were wider in front than in back. I'm not sure why, but I had 245K on my old f 150 and had no real problems with the drive train.
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Axle width different between front/rear...
Crewsr,
I don't think I was referring to a problem with the drivetrain. Guess I didn't ask the question well.
Instead of a sway bar to help the stability, has anyone visited the www.correctrack.com site or purchased a spacer to bring the wheels out in the rear to match the front?
If so, what is their experience. If not, what do you think about them? Positive or negative response to these spacers?
This is one of the mod's I don't think I have seen anyone talk about..........
I don't think I was referring to a problem with the drivetrain. Guess I didn't ask the question well.
Instead of a sway bar to help the stability, has anyone visited the www.correctrack.com site or purchased a spacer to bring the wheels out in the rear to match the front?
If so, what is their experience. If not, what do you think about them? Positive or negative response to these spacers?
This is one of the mod's I don't think I have seen anyone talk about..........
Sit. Stay.
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Originally posted by RobertH
This is one of the mod's I don't think I have seen anyone talk about..........
This is one of the mod's I don't think I have seen anyone talk about..........
Do you think the Excursion has a stability problem or just a sway problem? Or are they one in the same?
Seems to me the difference in widths serve to help tighten the turning radius and aid in manuverability.
I think the Ex just needs good shocks and a sway bar.
The difference is not as noticable as the Chevy/GMC 2500 series Suburbans and pickups of yore though! I always thought that those trucks looked kinda tough like that.
I think they did (do) it because the front IFS need to be bigger to handle the extra weight. Not sure of the real reason why the solid axle trucks of Ford are like that.
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Actually, I found that my X was very stable to be so big and high up! Since everyone was stating that a sway bar helps a lot, I thought I couldn't lose by putting one on.
I did, and really don't see a big difference. At least on the roads that I travel. I do see a slight difference though! It is not as if nothing changed.
I was just curious about the width of the axle's being different between front and rear, rear being smaller in width that the front.
Not sure I was convinced at the improvement that correctrack claims, so was wondering if anyone had tried one or felt it was needed.
Just curiosity I guess.
I did, and really don't see a big difference. At least on the roads that I travel. I do see a slight difference though! It is not as if nothing changed.
I was just curious about the width of the axle's being different between front and rear, rear being smaller in width that the front.
Not sure I was convinced at the improvement that correctrack claims, so was wondering if anyone had tried one or felt it was needed.
Just curiosity I guess.
