jesse wrote:
dang lol noone builds balljoint
X2 Tell me about it!!!
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| Author: | bigboy77 [ Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Front trailing arm?? |
Im am fixing to start building me some extended front arms and im debateing on what materials i should use, which seems to work better round or square tubeing? What size and thickness works best? Thanks Houston |
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| Author: | jesse [ Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front trailing arm?? |
making ball joint or kingpin? |
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| Author: | RaceBugg1098 [ Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front trailing arm?? |
use something like 1-1/4" OR 1-1/2" .180-.250 wall dom round tube. |
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| Author: | PhillipM [ Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front trailing arm?? |
I used 1.5" x 0.10" wall T45 (similar to your 4140 chromoly) for ours. |
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| Author: | afterburnt [ Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front trailing arm?? |
i used 1 1/2 .180 wall 4130 round |
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| Author: | bigboy77 [ Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front trailing arm?? |
Thanks for the info guys, im about to have my jig done i hope to have them ready by Chocco, and Jesse they are for a kingpin front end. |
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| Author: | jesse [ Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:54 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front trailing arm?? |
dang lol noone builds balljoint |
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| Author: | rip-it [ Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front trailing arm?? |
jesse wrote: dang lol noone builds balljoint X2 Tell me about it!!!
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| Author: | jayrod [ Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:40 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front trailing arm?? |
I think ima find a few sets of ball joint arms and see what happens lol. Either gonna work out or not. Only one way to find out! |
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| Author: | rip-it [ Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:59 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front trailing arm?? |
jayrod wrote: I think ima find a few sets of ball joint arms and see what happens lol. Either gonna work out or not. Only one way to find out! We just need to find a jig, or build one 
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| Author: | fortydegnorth [ Sat Sep 08, 2012 3:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front trailing arm?? |
This is always a hard core option  
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| Author: | Eltrosteer [ Sat Sep 08, 2012 9:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front trailing arm?? |
Those beam mounted a-arms are cool, saw a company on the Internet that sells them. Class 5 cars can use them. Alot of advantages to them. |
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| Author: | PhillipM [ Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Front trailing arm?? |
If I were gonna do that I would have at least put some camber gain into 'em and dropped the roll centres. |
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