im confused on how the anti squat should be for the front compared to the rear. i guess what im trying to ask is do you setup the front the same as you would the rear and just flip it around or should the front be setup completely different.

 

front is completely different...

 

thanks thats what i was wondering. there isnt much for tech for the front. ive searched for hours trying to find something good and have had no luck. everything ive found is been for the rear.

 

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yea does anybody know of any good write up's on front 4link's ive only found write ups for rears... I still dont understand it enough to satisfy my brain... nick got any help on front 4links or where we could read up on em?

 

Maybe I can help this thread. I have a tool I made up that you pin on a wall and it lets you decide were the pivot point are and will tell you if your going to get bind. It is very simple and easy to understand. I will post up a demonstration on Monday at my shop with pics and explanations. After that you can figure this stuff out yourself. JD...

 

ive seen this done b4.....cool stuff, i just drew my design up in auto cad first to see the rotation/arcs of my design.....then went to the calculator and made small changes to get the #'s i was after....

 

Pirate.......or find a really knowlegdeable person and pay him to do it...

 

Why does the new guy have surewhynots avatar?

 

Beats the snot outta me....

 

IDK.........but i dont like it.....

 

confused the heck out of me when I saw him on pirate

 

<TABLE id=HB_Mail_Container height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0 UNSELECTABLE="on"><TBODY><TR height="100%" width="100%" UNSELECTABLE="on"><TD id=HB_Focus_Element vAlign=top width="100%" background="" height=250 UNSELECTABLE="off">First off, I want to say I did not know that someone else was using the same avatar. I guess with over 400,000 users it's easy to miss. I have used the CB handle of earthpig since 1975 in my jeep. That's the reason for the pig and I have a 74 chev truck on 5 ton rocks that's called the earthpig. Sorry for the fuss.


Now, I said that I was going to show a tool that I use to figure out the pivot points for links. It is a real easy way for somebody that cant understand math or can not use cad. First you need two sticks of flat bar. On one, drill a bunch of 3/16 holes about one to two inches apart for a length of two feet with a single hole on the other end. The other piece with one hole on each end. Next you must determine where your tabs on the axle are going to be. At that time you can make a template of a side view of your rear axle as seen in the pics. Then attach the two straps to the templates and put a nail in the lower frame position making the pinion angle level. Make the upper strap level to start and put a nail in the hole in the middle. Start your swing an watch the pinion as use cycle it up and down. You want the pinion to stay true through the cycle. If you start moving the nail around on the upper strap, it only takes a few minuets till you find the sweet spot that the pinion never changes. It may sound time consuming but it's not once you get the hang of it. So if you axle tabs are different from one build to the other, you just move the pivot points until you hit the spot. You can also experiment with a wider spread on the frame side than the axle and come up with unequal length links. Here are some pics I took just to show hoe it looks and how by moving the pivot points, it changes the pinion angle.

In the first pics, notice how the pinion angle doesn't change. This is with the nail in the top middle hole
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