TTB not touching the ground?

[Canadianranger11]

So I've seen some flexy ttb pics on ramps but on the trail noticed some of you aren't making contact with both front tires because of flexING to much on one side ? I'm just trying to make up my mind on keeping it and building a ttb ranger or sas, opinions ?

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

There's a pic on one of gwaii's threads showing his TTB flexing well past what most, if any, solid axles can do. There is controversy on whether that type of flex actually helps. I have no personal experiences.

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[Canadianranger11]

Do you happen to have a link to the thread ?

 

[4x4junkie]

Not quite sure your question...

Any suspension whether TTB or solid axle can be maxed out if you have a tall enough ramp, after which point a tire will always lift up off the ground (vehicle weight balance will determine if it's rear or a front tire that lifts).

If you're asking about something else, maybe you can rephrase?



Edit, rereading your post, I think you're asking about while on a trail rather than a ramp... If so, then that is a dynamic situation that makes it harder to say exactly why a tire may have lifted, however if the suspension (any suspension) has stiff springs on it (as would be the case with run-of-the-mill TTB lift springs), then the odds of lifting a tire while driving over a trail undulation increase proportionally. Weight transfer off the front axle while climbing a steep hill increases the odds of lifting a tire too.


In this picture the driver-front tire was just barely touching the ground (I could lift up on the bumper and raise it off the ground a few inches). Another inch taller rock and I probably would've carried that tire.

The guy behind me in the Jeep however carried his tire over a foot off the ground over that spot, entirely because his springs are stiffer, not because he has a solid axle.

(hopefully the pic loads, Supermotors has been flaky for over a month now )

Do you happen to have a link to the thread ?

Unless there's another thread, it looks like he welded his TTB into a solid axle.

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=91231

 

[Canadianranger11]

Thanks for the info you answered my question, just meant on the trail it looks like some of the ttb units don't get as much contact with the ground as a solid axle but I think it was the way the picture was taken

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[alwaysFlOoReD]

Unless there's another thread, it looks like he welded his TTB into a solid axle.

Yeah, you're right. I didn't remember that part.

 

[cammeddrz]

Yeah, gwaii and his over-engineered, over-fabbed, and over-killed rig. And that notorious pic of his front axle on a ramp to the point that it's nearly vertical right?

That's essentially a solid axle on a leaf spring turned sideways that isn't even attached, so it has endless droop.

Nothing about that rig can be compared to reality

 

[bobbywalter]

Yeah, gwaii and his over-engineered, over-fabbed, and over-killed rig. And that notorious pic of his front axle on a ramp to the point that it's nearly vertical right?

That's essentially a solid axle on a leaf spring turned sideways that isn't even attached, so it has endless droop.

Nothing about that rig can be compared to reality

he drove the fawk out of that thing.....


and i drive the fawk out of mine....still.