Triangulated 4 link question

[mitch_04]

The c-notch could have been extended further ahead. There are a few reasons to why I'm where I'm at. If this was going to be more Pro-touring than a cruiser to take from show to show, I would have done an entire raised back half with a raised bed floor. Well, I would have built an entire frame, that c-channel is unreal flexible! I can't do a raised bed floor on this because I'm going to be putting my subwoofers in the box blowing through into the cab and I need the floor to box top height. Obviously this goes to show that it is not a pro-touring pickup. I'm using it as a project to learn on, I'm not trying to have it perfect by any means. It will probably never see a hard corner, but I still wanted to build it the best I could while achieving my main objective of laying frame. Definitely learned a lot. The links have tons of room before they would ever hit the c-notch. The notch was designed to lay frame on a 30.5 inch tire, and until I can buy the rims, it has the stock 28.5 inch rims. With an 8" notch, I could lay frame on a stock tire, but my future tires made it necessary to build a 10" notch. The body and frame will hit the ground before the upper rear link would hit the frame, and I would have to have no air in the bags. At ride height I believe I have 7" before any contact, whether it's frame, body, or links. I think a bag would have to explode to make that happen.

Now the forces you are talking about, would that be the axles wanting to move laterally in a turn, trying to shear the upper link brackets off the axle? If so, I'll make sure to brace it as best I can to resist that.



On a side note, do most of the aftermarket vendors (The trustworthy ones) achieve 90 degrees on their kits? I would have had to had incredibly short links!