my first build up

[Ron_Burgandy]

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I still have to fab a new spindel, and a lot of fine tuning.
And yes I will have a brace between the shock hoops.

Brady

[BURLY]

Man, Looks pretty wild!! what did you use for the upper j-arm inner pivots?? doesnt look like heims??

[Ron_Burgandy]

Man, Looks pretty wild!! what did you use for the upper j-arm inner pivots?? doesnt look like heims??
Ha ha, aaaahhh, your not going to want to hear this... 3 point hitch pins, 1in dia. forged, way overkill, but cheap! They are welded to regular old poly bushings.
Brady

[BURLY]

Hey man whatever works! and if it its cheap and works thats even better! Plus youre doing it youreself and thats cool, What kind of travel are you getting???

[TRDshaunTRD]

That is wild. I had to stare at it a while to figure out what was going on. Can't wait to see it when its done. Keep us updated!

[Ron_Burgandy]

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[uncledirty]

you gonna run the tunnel ram?

[Ron_Burgandy]

you gonna run the tunnel ram?
yep on my 3.4 trooper... naw its for the chevell

[matt_helton]

ahh, so its a trooper.....man i was starin at that over and over, the frame, the cab, the spindles...couldnt figure out what the heck it was. lol good luck with the project, looks crazy! what are you gonna do in the rear? extend the stock link set up?

[BURLY]

I think you will have the first trophy trooper ive ever heard of!!

[BMF]

Im not talkin crap, Im just currious why you didn't make the upper and lower arms the same length to optimize the performance of the travel. Of course the spindle would have needed some modification also. Isn't it ideal to have them the same length to minimize caster camber change?

[Brian Mapes]

They don't have to be the same length to get good geometry. It depends on where your mounting points are and what type of camber change you are looking for. If you want alot of camber change you would have a much shorter arm but a little camber change have a closer to equal length arms. I would want to have a few degrees of camber change in my setup and I think that with equal length arms and with same mounting points (horizontally) you will have not camber at all and no camber change.

[ZTFab]

I'm curious as to what you are going to do for the spindle set-up? You previously mentioned having to make new ones, right?

[Ron_Burgandy]

I'm curious as to what you are going to do for the spindle set-up? You previously mentioned having to make new ones, right?

I plan on building one to encompass uniballs, also I need to make the upright longer so as to have the same distance as the pivot points between my upper and lower suspension arms.
I have already realized that I will not be able to use poly bushings for my uppers, due to the large moment that they see, they flex to much.

[ZTFab]

I have already realized that I will not be able to use poly bushings for my uppers, due to the large moment that they see, they flex to much.

You gonna switch 'em over to heims?...
Are you going to use the stock spindle pins or go to a beefier pin and hub set-up?

From the looks of it, that Trooper should put the hurt on some desert terrain....