Giant motorsports ddl kit install

[m3dragon]

Cab cage not for many years. Have to do bed setup like you or other.

Whats Sway part number you use?

 

[ntm]

Sway bar- Currie -9906-21

Axle truss to provide upper link mounting point -

http://www.artecindustries.com/Sterling_Modular_Truss

For the rest, just tell Geoff that you want to do a triangulated 4 link. The bed cage would be the same, just need lower links that will contend with the lateral load, and one more upper link and mount compared to what I'm running. The real nut kick with the four link is the fuel cell, since the drivers side upper link will be swinging through the stock fuel tank.

 

[m3dragon]

Have you had any issues not running a full float rear end?

 

[ntm]

Have you had any issues not running a full float rear end?

Not yet.

 

[Darthyota]

Have you had any issues not running a full float rear end?

what kind of issues do you think one would have from not having a ff rear end?

 

[m3dragon]

To keep thread jacking brief. The Raptor rear end while strong is semi floating. So if you break the axle your wheel with what is left of the axle will go flying out. In a recent event this happened on a Gen 10 F150 where he was slowing and then the axle broke and went rolling past him with what was left of the axle.

Full floating adds another set of bearings for load distribution. Link trucks transfer weight a little different then sprung. The Giant I think addresses this with the extra shocks on the axle to dampen the impact load.

So summary, risk is axle brake from increased load = bad.

One of the better videos that explains the axle types and why.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFu-6tckyc8

 

[ntm]

To keep thread jacking brief. The Raptor rear end while strong is semi floating. So if you break the axle your wheel with what is left of the axle will go flying out. In a recent event this happened on a Gen 10 F150 where he was slowing and then the axle broke and went rolling past him with what was left of the axle.

Full floating adds another set of bearings for load distribution. Link trucks transfer weight a little different then sprung. The Giant I think addresses this with the extra shocks on the axle to dampen the impact load.

So summary, risk is axle brake from increased load = bad.

One of the better videos that explains the axle types and why.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFu-6tckyc8

The whole shock loading thing with links vs leafs is really speculative. The leafs tend to break traction and then violently hook up much more often in my experience.
The links are likely to break axles more often not so much because of the lack of a "cushion", but simply because there is more available traction with them, and you're hitting everything at a higher rate of speed.
Deflection of the axle tube is also a large contributor to axle failures. Having more available suspension travel and the truss helps out there, so the probability of axle failure between leafs and links is a bit of a wash.
If you're afraid of breaking an axle on links, you should still be afraid of breaking an axle on leafs...

 

[m3dragon]

Why I asked you if you had any issues. Ask most shops and they say full float or bust.

To me a proper setup in how we use the trucks in a none race application, why is stock not OK with support.

You were the pioneer and I am not far behind. So free up a claim site haha

 

[Mr Jurassic]

@ntm you have any go pro videos of your suspension in action so the rest o us can short circuit our keyboards with drool

 

[ntm]

@ntm you have any go pro videos of your suspension in action so the rest o us can short circuit our keyboards with drool

The YouTube videos earlier in the thread are on a channel with more.