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pedrobedro
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How will the rear suspension work with the unequal length non parallel trailing arms rose jointed ? A friend of mine tried something similar and it ate the joints and gave him no suspension travel. Are you going for a Panhard rod or Watts linkage for sideways location ?
pedrobedro
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I mean with the unequal length rods not parallel and solid joints there is no movement, you have made a rigid back axle and the suspension will not be doing anything apart from mashing the rose joints. If the trailing arms are parallel and equal length it will work, if they are not equal length it will still work but the axle will rotate as it lifts causing the propshaft joint face to change angle. Take the jacks out from under the axle and see how far it drops.
Would it be desirable to design in a small amount of this with slightly unequal arms so the prop joint face stays tangental to the arc the prop makes with the rear of the gearbox to cut down on rear uj wear? I think the arms being so radically difference are going to do quite a bit more than that in this case as you point out...
I have lowered the rear axle to the lowest point then raised it to its hightest point and the pinion angle only changes by 2 degrees. And the amount of travel will be a lot less that what I have done without the shocks fitted. The AVO shocks that are being used only have a 5 inch strock and that is without the springs fitted so the overall stroke when the springs are fitted will only be about 3.5 inches. So at the moment Im happy to leave things as they are.
