time for more flex .... hope u guys can help

[spash94]

Well i got a 94 short bed that has a rought country kit in it now i changed out the plate style mount that hits the diff for a skyjacker mount now I'm looking to do extended radius arms and go with a different spring as the rc are verry stiff looking also to gain an inch or so

Do u guys like the duff ext radius arms ?
And would a skyjacker 6" soft ride spring site what I looking to do

The truck is locked frt and rear please let me know anything that will help me
Thanks matt

 

[aspevacek]

The Duff Arms are awsome thru and thru. Very Good quality.

The skyjacker arms are not bad either but I prefer the Heim Joints used on the Duff Stuff.

 

[spash94]

Ok so duff arms it is. I like the hyme joint idear now what would u recomend for a spring that will flex god and give me at least 5 inches of lift if not more

 

[kryptonitecb]

I keep reading the jeep springs are a good buy for flex.

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[spash94]

There is a set. Of duff progreassive springs on here for sale might grab them there 5.5 just looking for a lil imput

 

[cdawall]

I keep reading the jeep springs are a good buy for flex.

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The Jeep springs are crazy soft compared to "normal" TTB springs. I would go with a good progressive coil in fact I would spend the extra $100 and call deaver to have them build a custom set. Those typically run ~ $250 a set and are for sure worth it. At the end of the day however it is still a TTB and will never flex like a solid axle...

 

[spash94]

Yeah not.looking to do a sas as I just got rid.of a long armed explore just looking to c what the ttb will do

 

[aspevacek]

I have the entire Duff Stage 3 under my truck and prior to OCtober 2011 I was running a SJ Class 2 6 inch under the same truck. On the road the Duff kit rides alot nicer then it did with the SJ. I do like the progressive rate springs with the Duff kit.

 

[4x4junkie]

The TTB axle flexes plenty with the right springs on it. Unless you're building a ramp queen or a dedicated rock buggy, (IDGAF what anyone says) you don't need a solid axle.

If your "shortbed" is a regular cab, Skyjacker's 6" XJ coils (pt# JC-60F, IIRC) should work wonderful under that truck. I hope you have something planned out for your steering however, because those coils will NOT work well if the angles on your steering linkage are off...

 

[cdawall]

The TTB axle flexes plenty with the right springs on it. Unless you're building a ramp queen or a dedicated rock buggy, (IDGAF what anyone says) you don't need a solid axle.

If your "shortbed" is a regular cab, Skyjacker's 6" XJ coils (pt# JC-60F, IIRC) should work wonderful under that truck. I hope you have something planned out for your steering however, because those coils will NOT work well if the angles on your steering linkage are off...

You don't "need" a lifted truck. Solid axle's will outperform TTB's in a lot of offroad situations. That's all I was saying. You will never get even similar flex from a TTB that is just part of the independent suspension any "flex" typically gained is due to frame flex.

 

[CHKNFKR]

The ttb setup is capable of some pretty amazing things. It beats the living snot out of sla setups day after day. If modified appropriately a ttb setup can roll with the big dogs.

The big problem with ttb is most people don't understand how it works and how to maximize its usefulness. Most of the time it's easier to sas than it is to work the bugs out of the factory ttb system.

 

[4x4junkie]

The ttb setup is capable of some pretty amazing things. It beats the living snot out of sla setups day after day.

Very true if you factor in cost vs. durability (especially while building on OEM platforms), however with enough budget a SLA-IFS tends to have an advantage because of it's "cleaner" (as well as highly tunable) wheel travel characteristics (especially as speeds go higher).

You don't "need" a lifted truck. Solid axle's will outperform TTB's in a lot of offroad situations. That's all I was saying. You will never get even similar flex from a TTB that is just part of the independent suspension any "flex" typically gained is due to frame flex.

You're saying this is all due to frame flex?

 

[spash94]

Becides getting a 6 inch drop pitman ARM from sj is there anything else I need to know I was going to buy a brand new stock setup and run the drop pitman just so the steering was tight.

 

[cdawall]

Very true if you factor in cost vs. durability (especially while building on OEM platforms), however with enough budget a SLA-IFS tends to have an advantage because of it's "cleaner" (as well as highly tunable) wheel travel characteristics (especially as speeds go higher).




You're saying this is all due to frame flex?

What flex am I looking at? Passenger side is dropping out with nothing under it drivers side is tucking with a rock. That's exactly how any ifs would respond to that situation. Just because it looks like a solid axle would doesn't make it flexing out. Don't get me wrong TTBs are great but its humanly impossible to flex one that's not how IFS works.

 

[prerunnerwannabe]

What flex am I looking at? Passenger side is dropping out with nothing under it drivers side is tucking with a rock. That's exactly how any ifs would respond to that situation. Just because it looks like a solid axle would doesn't make it flexing out. Don't get me wrong TTBs are great but its humanly impossible to flex one that's not how IFS works.

If you look, the rear drivers side tire is dropped out so that the entire suspension is articulated to its max, so I'm pretty sure a solid axle with the same springs/lift would have done more or less the same thing under those circumstances.
But I could be wrong...