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His angles are off quite a bit at the link ends. Usually, your 1/4 elliptics are one set of links. What he has here is a 6 link suspension. Never seen nor ever even heard of that before. Doesn't mean it won't work though.

 

Using the cab as a suspension mounting location is a different idea. Hope the sheetmetal is up to the task.

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His angles are off quite a bit at the link ends. Usually, your 1/4 elliptics are one set of links. What he has here is a 6 link suspension. Never seen nor ever even heard of that before. Doesn't mean it won't work though.

 

 

Not quite.

 

I've never actually seen a 1/4 elliptical that is like the one you are describing. But I have heard of it. With that setup you're combining the negatives of leaf springs with link suspnesion. Since you're still relying on a spring to locate the axle.

 

In this setup the leafs are on a shackle at the axle (his it turned over and might need tweaking) and can move around however much they want. The links locate the axle.

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Well, I'm certainly no expert at suspensions but the only 1/4 elliptic suspension I've seen used the springs as a link and the other set of links where angled similar to his the locate the axle. I see now that he does have shackles on those springs.

 

I wonder why he mounts his suspension to the cab sheetmetal when he has what looks like a nice stout crossmember right there.

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The driveshaft would need to pass through that x-member.

 

 

I think this build has been going on a for a while because he's hit a few brick walls. Just judging by the rust and the state of everything.

 

 

If he posts up we could get things sorted out.

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I personally thought his link angles where way off, and the fact that he has adjustment at one end and a fixed flex joint at the other.

 

 

We have a guy in the club who runs 1/4 ellipticals, and he has his set up so the frame end literally is on a bushing, increasing flex by 10X IIRC he only has the 2 upper links though

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