Radius Rods are on
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Laughing Gas
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Radius Rods are on
Well after spending over 1K dollars on my X's rear end, my X no longer moves except where I direct it to go. --Hellwig anti-sway bar, RAS, and Radius Rods. RR's put it over the top. I will share this observation--I took it to a local garage (In MT known as rapist anonymous) to have the connector plates welded on for the RR's and to cut off 16 inches of the rear traction bars. With only RAS and the Hellwig and no factory traction bars, it drove much better going home. I wonder if those snubber bars are introducing a destabilizing force. I can see how that could happen. Anyway, just another thought for the X library
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Laughing Gas
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Oops! What was I thinking???
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Awesome David! I like the clean look of the new RRs. Arne did 'em well. They look fantastic in person!
Mine are waiting 'till I get a few days off from our latest contract. Got to get the OT while it's available I guess; I do hate when work gets in the way of my FUN!
Mine are waiting 'till I get a few days off from our latest contract. Got to get the OT while it's available I guess; I do hate when work gets in the way of my FUN!
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Awesome David! I like the clean look of the new RRs. Arne did 'em well. They look fantastic in person!
Mine are waiting 'till I get a few days off from our latest contract. Got to get the OT while it's available I guess; I do hate when work gets in the way of my FUN!
Mine are waiting 'till I get a few days off from our latest contract. Got to get the OT while it's available I guess; I do hate when work gets in the way of my FUN!
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I notice you didn't mention new leaf spring bushings, I assume you replaced those before you did the other things ? Sorry if I missed that discussion in another thread or it was just a given nowadays. Been awhile since I have been on this forum.
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Hi David, I am considering doing the same with my Ex. Now that you have been through the install, do the radius rods allow for twist, or or they locked in tight with a jam nut. It is hard to tell from your picture.
Thanks!
Kevin
Thanks!
Kevin
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IMHO, I think that big red bushing at the axle will allow some twisting while keeping the back and forth movement in check...
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Didn't replace leaf spring bushings. They looked ok and its a PIA dropping those and replacing those bushings but I can if I need to.(Gotta save some fun for later on) You can weld the brackets without dropping the springs--you just blow a lot of air over the spring bushings to keep them cool while welding
The way the radius rods are built, the bushings are what allow for rotational movement when needed. There is the one you see and another on the other side of the axle bracket as well. One of the really nice things is that these are built with an offset so that the rod is directly under the middle of the leaf. The T portion of the bar has heavy plastic inserts which allow for rotation around the bolt going through the "T". With the bushings, it appears that the Radius Rods could adapt to a torsional rotation force better than the leaf springs could.
The way the radius rods are built, the bushings are what allow for rotational movement when needed. There is the one you see and another on the other side of the axle bracket as well. One of the really nice things is that these are built with an offset so that the rod is directly under the middle of the leaf. The T portion of the bar has heavy plastic inserts which allow for rotation around the bolt going through the "T". With the bushings, it appears that the Radius Rods could adapt to a torsional rotation force better than the leaf springs could.
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You're going to be blown away by the difference if yours had no rear bar. It's almost a crime that Ford didn't put rear sway bars on every one of these beasts!
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