coil over angle help

[davedj1]

My rear shocks are rebuildable but the front ones are not, so in that respect the sport shocks are all rebuildable. I understand what you are saying about the lift but where I ride I need it most of the time, I do have a larger size tire than stock but still have plenty of room if I go back to the stock shock location.
What are your thoughts on the rear swaybar? I took mine out a couple of hundred hours ago, haven't missed it. I don't do much high speed flat tracking. I wanted it gone for the rough slow crawling stuff that I love to do with it.
Maybe I will put the shock top mounts back to stock location, it's been a long time since I was there though...lol My buddy has the same machine with no lift and goes the same places I do , I just clear more (less scraping on the big stuff).
thanks again for your insight.
dave

 

[284 International]

If you're doing stuff like rock crawling, you'll probably get better results without the anti-sway bar. It's a matter of where you want to compromise: The bar will help keep you from tipping when on a side slope, but limits the ability of one wheel to move independently relative to the other. On faster sections, it reduces body lean and increases cornering ability. Since you have a rear axle without a differential, it won't have any effect on forward traction.

Since you have comparable machines, but one without your lift modification, you might swap machines and see if you both feel the same differences. Then, if you want, put the shock back in the factory position. I would still imagine that you will get good results from putting it back to factory settings.

 

[davedj1]

LOL, i just put the shocks back to factory positions and put the sway bar back on, then just read your reply...lol
I am going to try it stock for a while, I still have the bigger tires so we'll see, not much rock crawling lately.
thanks again,
dave

 

[284 International]

Experiment and play with it. An anti-sway bar works by making the suspension less independent, keeping the machine flatter. In the rear, it tends to make the machine oversteer.

Try it out and see what you like and don't like. Just do it in increments, and, ideally, keep a log of what you do, on the same sections of trails. Then you have a baseline and references to work from.