Installed Lar's disco's last night
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Installed Lar's disco's last night
I finally got that stinking swaybar set up with quick disconnects!
Lar's really came thru with these.
Unfortunately, I forgot to bring the digital camera for the install and I also forgot to bring it tonight for the simulated test. I did however get to take pictures tonight with a regular camera so I'll have to scan and post them when they get developed.
The test proved that I do have an independant front suspension afterall. No ramps here. I maxed out the flex with fork trucks under opposite front and rear tires. I was fired up to see that the front tire stuffed into the wheel well as well as the opposite rear tire. The pictures will be cool when I get them.
A big thanks to Lars for the disconnects!
Can't wait to use them on the trail.
-STANGO
Lar's really came thru with these.
Unfortunately, I forgot to bring the digital camera for the install and I also forgot to bring it tonight for the simulated test. I did however get to take pictures tonight with a regular camera so I'll have to scan and post them when they get developed.
The test proved that I do have an independant front suspension afterall. No ramps here. I maxed out the flex with fork trucks under opposite front and rear tires. I was fired up to see that the front tire stuffed into the wheel well as well as the opposite rear tire. The pictures will be cool when I get them.
A big thanks to Lars for the disconnects!
Can't wait to use them on the trail.
-STANGO
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Congrats! I installed mine on Sunday. I'm looking forward to test them out. Get these while you can people as it's not certain how long he will continue making these. He did tell me he ordered a new batch of material for another round though.
3" more downtravel. A good $80 mod for the 3rd Gens.
3" more downtravel. A good $80 mod for the 3rd Gens.
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Try the tech section here, my writeup should help you out for the 2nd gens.
The nuke style discos are $80?! I still don't see why you guys can't make your own for probably $20.
Steve
The nuke style discos are $80?! I still don't see why you guys can't make your own for probably $20.
Steve
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Try the tech section here, my writeup should help you out for the 2nd gens.
The nuke style discos are $80?! I still don't see why you guys can't make your own for probably $20.
Steve
Try the tech section here, my writeup should help you out for the 2nd gens.
The nuke style discos are $80?! I still don't see why you guys can't make your own for probably $20.
Steve
And do polyurethane bushing help in any way, shape or form over rubber when you're talking about the anti sway bar?
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Originally posted by Bumpin' Yota
one thing that still shocks me about all these disconnects is why isnt the hitch pin you are using sheared off? I though the sway bar saw a hell of a load when under articulation....
one thing that still shocks me about all these disconnects is why isnt the hitch pin you are using sheared off? I though the sway bar saw a hell of a load when under articulation....
Shear stress=F/A
where F=force, A=area of the pin
The area of a 1/8"pin is 0.0123 square inches.
Yield stress for mild steel is approx 40,000psi
So F=40,000x0.0123=490lbs
But, the pin is in double shear so it can actually hold 980lbs.
Throw in a safety factor of 2 since this is all theoretical and you get a max allowable force of 500lbs that the pin should be able to handle. But then again, I doubt the pin is mild steel so it should be able to hold even more.
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It's Lars Dennert (sorry if I spelled that wrong Lars). He hangs out on this forum and the Outdoorwire forum. Just search and find his website, and then shoot him an email. And yes, they should work just fine with you '98.
Here, I found it for you: http://www.larsdennert.com/4runner
Here, I found it for you: http://www.larsdennert.com/4runner
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Actually, I've been told that disconecting the rear addcos makes about a 5" difference. From stock swaybars it probably doen't make much difference at all. I know that mine with the Addco's, it doesn't flex at all. The problem that I've heard is that disconnecting the rears can be problemsome. They say that te swaybar itself can get lodged into the gas tank or somthing like that. I guess the only thing to do in the rear is to totally remove it when going off-roading I guess, but that seems to be a pain. I've been thinking about some sort of spring system, but I haven't had time to figure it all out yet. Anyone else have any ideas?
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