Triangulated 4 link question

[mitch_04]

I'm still trying to catch up on some of these terms. Plan view is overhead, and by skew are you asking if they are at an angle? My lower links are parallel, and the uppers are triangulated. I need to bring it back in the shop to remount something things. I raised my rear axle until it bottomed on the c-notch to make sure my brackets would clear the frame, but I had my pinion angle at 3 degrees when I tacked my upper brackets to the axle. Of course, when I lowered it to ride height, set my pinion angle back to 3 degrees (I didn't have my uppers installed yet, just mounted brackets) now my brackets were way off.

The next day I spend in the shop will consist of making small "jack stands" to hold the frame at ride height. I had been using our lift, but it apparently has air in it and likes to settle during alignment, which makes trying to figure out why your angles are off very tricky. Next I will put 3/4" wood under the tires to simulate the 1.5" taller tire that will be on it later and re-level my lower link frame bracket. It should just need to come up the same 3/4". Next I will raise the rear end to the highest it will go and re-mount my upper links so that they are wider on the axle end. I can't go any narrower on my crossmember, my driveshaft has to pass through and since the 12 bolt rear ends pinion is offset about an 1" of centerline, I have to go wide.



Just wanted to say it feels awesome to have some of the (in my opinion) experts of the forum answering my "beginner" questions. A lot of the time the experienced people don't want to spend time with simplier questions.

Also, I won't be running a Mumford on this, I was just curious in case I find someone who wants me to build a wild rear suspension. I'm thinking the Mumford and some cantilevering with horizontal coilovers would fit the bill.