Turning Radius

[triumphrider-1]

For those that have swapped out to solid axle fronts (both full-width and RBV width), did your turning radius increase or decrease?

Edit:
Does anyone know the degrees of rotation the knuckle has, or somewhere I may find this info?

 

[triumphrider-1]

Anybody?

 

[4x4junkie]

My TTB BII seems to spin circles inside the turning radius of any solid axle rig (Jeeps, Broncos, etc), so I would expect it to increase if you swap (after all, these are the vehicles the axles are coming from anyway).
Not sure if this is because the TTB actually turns sharper, or if it's due to the different camber/caster curve (the U-joints themselves can only go so far, which is the same on either axle).


Edit:

N/M
I think you were asking about a SLA IFS.
I don't have as much on that, although the '98 Ranger I have in the driveway here seems to have a turning circle similar to a TTB truck (wide, being it's a Supercab ), so maybe this could still hold true, not sure.

 

[Dishtowel]

I think I read somewhere that a D44 has a 40deg turn angle.

As Junkie said, the u-joint is the common denominator, so, things should be about the same I would guess. If your diffs stay the same (open/locked) when you do the SAS, I would expect turning radius to stay the same.

 

[triumphrider-1]

Thanks guys.

Yeah I was hoping for the guys that converted their 98+ rigs to see what happend to theirs, but also to see if someone knew the turing angle of the solid axle joints. Now I just have to see how far my CV-joints rotate.