canyoncritter
Well-Known Member
pro's and cons to both arms.
the long arm will put more stress on the frame horn,also if you have alot of bump travel the stering can bind off the drag link.But for a daily driver it will steer better(better road manners). I would still put a brace that ties the frames rails toghter side to side, and set up the bump stops to limit bump travel befroe the linkage binds off the draglink/pitman arm.this binding can cause the sector shaft of the steering arm to snap off, or crack the sterring box its self on hard hits,or if you have the right front stuffed in flex with alot of the truck weight on it
the shorter arm, will lose road manners, but wont put as much leveage of the frame horn.and the sterring wont bind off the drang link as soon in bump(mine took about 10 inches before it went in to bind(with the short arm). IF you have a ton of droop,you may end up binding with the shorter arm.My 19 inch sky jacker springs(6inch lift springs) did not have a drop bind problem with the linkage and I did not meassure out how far till it would have bound....just some food for thought there.
when I had a skyjacker 6inch kit under my truck that proably sat at 7 total(had 3/4 inch spacer under the springs and my truck is a reg cab) and the shorter arm(4-6 arm) it had some bump steer like any beam truck, but was not scary in my mind. HEll my g/f at the time could drive the truck no problem and she was not the best driver.
So if its going to be a 90% daily driver,and you will have a full 6inches of lift get the longer arm,but a cross brace between the frame rails and set up the bumps so the sterring dose not bind in bump.
just my thougts.
the long arm will put more stress on the frame horn,also if you have alot of bump travel the stering can bind off the drag link.But for a daily driver it will steer better(better road manners). I would still put a brace that ties the frames rails toghter side to side, and set up the bump stops to limit bump travel befroe the linkage binds off the draglink/pitman arm.this binding can cause the sector shaft of the steering arm to snap off, or crack the sterring box its self on hard hits,or if you have the right front stuffed in flex with alot of the truck weight on it
the shorter arm, will lose road manners, but wont put as much leveage of the frame horn.and the sterring wont bind off the drang link as soon in bump(mine took about 10 inches before it went in to bind(with the short arm). IF you have a ton of droop,you may end up binding with the shorter arm.My 19 inch sky jacker springs(6inch lift springs) did not have a drop bind problem with the linkage and I did not meassure out how far till it would have bound....just some food for thought there.
when I had a skyjacker 6inch kit under my truck that proably sat at 7 total(had 3/4 inch spacer under the springs and my truck is a reg cab) and the shorter arm(4-6 arm) it had some bump steer like any beam truck, but was not scary in my mind. HEll my g/f at the time could drive the truck no problem and she was not the best driver.
So if its going to be a 90% daily driver,and you will have a full 6inches of lift get the longer arm,but a cross brace between the frame rails and set up the bumps so the sterring dose not bind in bump.
just my thougts.