[1572]

just wanted to reasure everyone that even tjs can have leafs and rockwells that flex like arnold

im curious as to how he gets away with no traction bar to stop axle wrap

maybe i just dont see it

 

[1572]

and another

 

[1572]

and in the back ground, look at that FLEX

 

[1572]

makes me feel better about inboarding the rear leafs and not having links

 

[1572]

ahhh heres the axle wrap bar

 

[1572]

basicly just as much flex as coilovers, but prolly a 5th the price

 

[1572]

man i cant help myself, this thing can flex

 

[Guest]

Mega flex & 1200 + RTI ramp scores aint everything man.......


Just ask a few vets that have built RTI busters. If they say its great to top 1200 then they are not running trails they are mall crawlers!!

 

[1572]

i know rti ramps dont mean sh!t, im just showing off a jeep that i like and making everyone with leafs feel a lil better knowing that they CAN flex good enough. lots of times too much flex will hurt you becuase theres no pressure on that tire and its just stealing pressure from yer other tire that could help you move. lockers are where its at

and does that last pic look like a rti ramp?

well yeah it does

, that rig is from pirate and he wheels it , used to have d60s and 39 boggers now its got rockwells and 44s

 

[130]

That yellow/red/black tube-buggy belongs to Jeff, aka H8Monday, from the SWB forum on ORC. He started out about six years back with a stock YJ...

 

[1572]

hes also a reg on pirate

 

[1437]

thats h8mondays ride.....sweet........i like the flex of the tj with old school leafs tossed in

later
john

 

[2490]

Please forgive my ignorance..

What are Rockwells? The axles? Or the wheels?

If it's the wheels.. then what are the axles?

 

[Guest]

the axles are rockwells.

 

[1572]

yep rockwells, same axles i have and im goin leafs thats why i posted this

 

[Guest]

What is that disc above the pumpkin in the second picture?

 

[1572]

its a disc brake like a monster truck uses

it gives you 6 times more braking power than a disk at each wheel due to the gear ratio

theres a few setups you can use, in the pic that is a toyota ifs caliper and a mazda b2200 rotor which i will prolly use

but i just got done cleaning the spider gears from one of my rockwells so i can weld it, still pondering on which way to weld it

 

[Guest]

you will be glad you are welding and not buying Detroits.this guy broke both a front and rear Detroit and they would not warranty them.so he chunked them and welded his diffs and has had no problems.

 

[1572]

the two reasons im welding is #1 im going pinion brakes and if i have a detroit it unlocks and both tires will not be getting stopping power and it will be sloppy

reason #2 which is obvious is its basicly free

 

[mz8z]

Butcher

Here some flex for ya, their not leafs but its pretty funny how much flex it doesnt have. From the Detroit Auto Show: