Axle clips

[Ol'fogasaurus]

This morning on the Power block Extreme Off-road show they were again working on the trailing arm jeep that I referred to earlier but this time they were talking about gas/hydraulic bump stops, reasons to use and how to fit them.

It is the same build as when they were talking about what I knew as a "walking sway bar" which is the same thing as Dan was talking about on his race car but using a different name for it. Again, it is for trailing arm suspensions and having loads work back and forth between the two trailing arms.

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Other than the torsion bar sits free connected to the two arms and is not pinned to anything, this is kind of what I was talking about.

I wonder something like a Watts Linkage couldn't be fit somehow to eliminate side to side motion of the trailing arms.

[CentralWAbaja]

What do you mean by not pinned to anything? Here is a sample of one I am much more familiar with

http://i65.tinypic.com/2yn461l.jpg

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[Ol'fogasaurus]

If the torsion bar is sitting free, not attached to anything (like the front BJ sway bar is) but the arms then yes I think that is what I have seen and what I think that is what Dan showed in his picture (remember, my memory, at least for words, isn't what it used to be at times). I don't remember his arms being real long but it has been a while also since I saw them.

This has come up a couple of times now but the best picture I think were from Dan at Dansparts.

http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic ... y&start=75

See page 6 mostly (I've copied the pictures but you will have to go through them. There are at least 4 that show the sway bar he is talking about.

Some more update pictures as I'm getting the final assembly done.

I hope this helps some.

Lee

Update:

Looking at it again the torsion bar looks to be held in place which makes sense since the joins to the arms of the sway bar and the trailing arms have pivots in the spherical rod ends. My bad!.

[CentralWAbaja]

The pics I posted are of my car Lee. Thought it showed the whole package pretty good.

[Ol'fogasaurus]

What I was showing was Dan's car which is the one I remembered. I must have missed seeing the triangle mount w/tube that it looks like the sway bar is probably riding in. Not arguing just trying to be clear in what I was talking about and make sure I was right... or in this case wrong . I seem to remember that there was another picture Dan posted which got me thinking that the sway bar was sitting free not sleeved. Too long ago since I had seen it I guess .

[Ol'fogasaurus]

Moderators: I screwed the " axle clips" subject with an allied discussion that I think there should be in a different string under a Off-road Sway Bar title. I think there are some allied information on sway bars that could/should be added. Is there a problem if I decide to duplicate the last part of this and more into a different, easier searched, string.

Lee

[Leatherneck]

Moderators: I screwed the " axle clips" subject with an allied discussion that I think there should be in a different string under a Off-road Sway Bar title. I think there are some allied information on sway bars that could/should be added. Is there a problem if I decide to duplicate the last part of this and more into a different, easier searched, string.

Lee

Whatever is good for STF is good for me. let me know when done and I will delete this and other posts of no use here.

[Leatherneck]

Part II, who is using washers with their Clips?

[CentralWAbaja]

Washers? what would the washers be for?

[Leatherneck]

Washers? what would the washers be for?

Help take some of the load off of the circlips but also take up some of the usable space. Most don't, well here it seems none do.

[bikesndbugs]

phhhhhsss

you fancy people and your clips when are you guys gonna learn to just run swing axle show them hondas what real camber is.

[Leatherneck]

Speaking of swing axle, the red one here having proble,S is one. Titis/was a good running Baja that I really liked.

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[CentralWAbaja]

Damn I bet he was loving those super diggers right about then.

[CentralWAbaja]

But damn did you see that moon buggy go right up there?

[Leatherneck]

Damn I bet he was loving those super diggers right about then.

He was ahh, upset, yes that is the nice way of saying it. Nice Baja for sure, just needed a little suspension work. Not sure if he even had it any,ore.

Yup we just kinda rolled right up,it, got to love that Turbo. It was a fun run for sure.