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Old 08-29-2009, 01:23 AM   #1
Spray-Bomb
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Rear suspension... thinking out loud

Hey guys, just thinking of some stuff I may want to do on a project I may start

It would be an 88-98 SWB
And if I bag it, I was curious about how I may do the rear suspension

Got to thinking & thought maybe make some trailing arms like the 67-72 has, but run them parallel instead of triangular
With that you would need a fairly hefty system to keep the rear from moving side to side, so I was thinking of building a watts link

I would want the arms to be fairly long to keep the axle arc down to a minimum through its travel & mount the bags forward a lil bit from where the 67-72 springs are, to have a lil better ride

Are there any pros or cons to this ???
Does anyone have specs on what it takes to build a watts link ???

I would be making everything from scratch, as Im low on cash flow

Thanks, Matt

Here is a rough lil drawing of what Im talking about
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