88swampedmj Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 i was lookin around on myjeepsite.com and ran accross this monster mj i told the guy about comanchelcub.com maybe hell get on here ...until then here's a few pics of his mj..
86FUBAR Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 trail rig or not u don't let ur junk rust like that! cool but very sad :cry:
DirtyComanche Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 1/4 elliptical, somebody was asking about that...
feerocknok Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 I was gonna say that the rear suspension is badass, but it looks like the links are mounted to the cab instead of a crossmember or thicker section of frame?
DirtyComanche Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 Yeah... I'd hope he has a brace on the inside. If he does, it's a cool concept and execution. Actually, I might steal that idea even if he didn't do that.
Rokhound Posted July 4, 2007 Posted July 4, 2007 This is BIGWOODY over on Pirate check out the flex it has the 1/4 elliptical I love this ideal and want to try it but not for a while
jared Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 that is really sweet. i never seen that before with the inverted half leaf setup. :brows:
Kenosha Warrior Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 I spy a nice white LWB bed in the back :brows:
Eliminator89 Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 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.
DirtyComanche Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 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.
Eliminator89 Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 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.
DirtyComanche Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 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.
pingpong Posted July 5, 2007 Posted July 5, 2007 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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