Springs take care of supporting the vehicle which leaves the links free to deal with locating and articulation. But i dont whant to disreguard a nice piece of suspention that i bought and imported to europe.
4 Link Rear Suspension
4 link vs 5 link suspension. Was so long ago now theyve all been replaced anyway. Ive street driven and raced my car extensively with the 4 link until 2001 when i retrofitted the irs and even more experiece since. No comparison for racing or ride. 4 link rear suspension will properly locate the rear axle no matter how soft we want to make the spring. Radius arm or four link. Citation needed a wider definition considers any independent suspensions having three control links or more multi link suspensionsthese arms do not have to be of equal length.
Hensh my question torque arm watts link 4 link suspention vs 5 link suspention. Wrangler has 5 link suspension front and rear. 3 link should be good too. There are two main suspension setups that vehicles with solid axles use. Im of the upinion that altho it caries more weight with it it can do the job just fine. Of various link designs for tjs given certain tire sizes and lift sizes.
A 4 link system is more stable and much smoother because of its ability to adapt to the terrain beneath the truck also there is no binding with a 4 link system making the movement of the truck much less restricted. Jeeps use the 4 link setup which is theoretically better for off road use but older land rovers use a radius arm setup and are known for excellent off roading. I dont think ive driven a 3 link car but i have driven a 5 link car quite nice. 5 link rear suspension rear view top view a multi link suspension is a type of vehicle suspension design typically used in independent suspensions using three or more lateral arms and one or more longitudinal arms. No problem with gatswaai i still maintain that was a poor batch of shocks on the tuna roll. With 4 link suspension the two functions of locating the rear axle and supporting the vehicle are isolated.
Different vehicles use different setups for all sorts of reasons. 3 link sorry to post this but could someone point me in the direction of a thread or threads that discusses the advantages pros and cons etc. Irs best ride due to lowest unsprung weight. In our system the ori air strut combined with the superior geometry of our 4 link design eliminates suspension unload completely. The wj has 5 link in front and 3 link at the back and twists with the best of them. My frind sais go with the 5 link suspention its a 2 day job to build.
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