feedback on my rear suspension

[datzenmike]

It's hard for me to tell from the picture,but is this basically what we're looking at?

 

 

 

 

Looks like the way I see it. So on a bump, the strut is going to push the unsupported square tubing towards the cab. All the vehicle weight at the rear is stressing that tube (and the one on the other side) just sitting still.

[bloodontheapex]

Here's what I don't understand, those look like Diamond Racing wheels.  So ~$400 was spent on wheels, but struts were used that were just "laying around?"

[datzenmike]

 the coilover springs are off my buddies 96 240sx..

[datsunfreak]

I would not want to go around a corner fast while I was in one with stretched tires.

 

I would.  :P

 

They don't pop off unless the tire is drastically underinflated.  :thumbup:

 

[spudly13]

I would not want to go around a corner fast while I was in one with stretched tires.

 

How often do you honestly here about a mildly decent stretched tire coming off the wheel?

[72240z]

Rarely if ever. He didnt say he was worried about that though. He said he didnt want to go around a corner fast with them, which is legitimate. Less surface area means less traction, which is detrimental to actually going around turns and not sliding through them :-). 

[Pacific coast Datsun]

I applaud your efforts to create something different but please take the advice given & dont take your truck on the streets with that "design"

[Justin]

:crying:

[K_trip]

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[Farmer Joe]

obviously didnt look at this in an engineers perspective... 

 

angle of the struts

single square tubing holding the weight of the truck

a 2 link that will break the first time it sees any torque

 

first off, you really need to step back and look at this logically. 

 

the main thing i see is the bar for the tops of the struts. it has a bar going to the same point of frame. yeah, you added triangulation, but the whole point is to have 2 sides of that triangle meeting the frame. 

 

just like mike said, those struts arent designed to be at an angle like that. again, think about how they were oriented in the 240 you pulled em out of. almost vertical except for the camber.. 

 

youve got the idea, but it needs to be better applied in real life. 

 

this needs to be scrapped, and start over.. 

 

theres a saying: dont half ass 2 things. whole ass one thing.

[Aibast]

I've got a better idea for you. Get a BMW independant rear suspention for you car. That would be different and would work all day long. As long as you get springs and shocks in a proper place.

[datsunfreak]

Or a 510/610/810 rear suspension which is practically identical, and easier to mate up to the driveline.  :thumbup: