JasonCzerak
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I lost a bunch of weight on the rear and I now have a bit of wheel hop at speed in 2wd over average smooth roads. Say, 40mph, rolling into the throttle aggressively the truck moves then seems to unload.
I wanna say shocks. I've tinkered with this. I have the rancho 9000's. Tried them 2 clicks at a time from soft to stiff. No real change.
Truck handled very well other wise. Accelerating in 4x4, around turns, etc. caltracs were in the middle hole. Not sure where I had the pre-set, it was years ago since I last touched them.
Tires are new nitto 420s. 305's. 46psi in front, 36 psi in rear.
Weight is 7000# with me and 1/4 tank. 4560 / 2440
The other thing I figured I'd do as well was to re-adjust the caltracs since the weight changed a few hundred pounds.
Figured I see how things react in the bottom hole adjusted to the spring + 1 full turn (with a driver in the seat). This seemed to unsettle the truck. doesn't feel as stable.
This was an interesting read:
http://www.how-to-build-hotrods.com/tuning-4-link.html
So after reading that and a bunch of other thinks, I believe having my instant center way to forward was a bad thing.
My plan is to go back to the middle hole for sure and put 1/2 turn of pre-load and see how things react. The up to the top hole.
I may get some strings out and see if I can measure to figure out where the instant center is and see if it lines up with the antisquate line
Anyone have any other suggestions?
I wanna say shocks. I've tinkered with this. I have the rancho 9000's. Tried them 2 clicks at a time from soft to stiff. No real change.
Truck handled very well other wise. Accelerating in 4x4, around turns, etc. caltracs were in the middle hole. Not sure where I had the pre-set, it was years ago since I last touched them.
Tires are new nitto 420s. 305's. 46psi in front, 36 psi in rear.
Weight is 7000# with me and 1/4 tank. 4560 / 2440
The other thing I figured I'd do as well was to re-adjust the caltracs since the weight changed a few hundred pounds.
Figured I see how things react in the bottom hole adjusted to the spring + 1 full turn (with a driver in the seat). This seemed to unsettle the truck. doesn't feel as stable.
This was an interesting read:
http://www.how-to-build-hotrods.com/tuning-4-link.html
So after reading that and a bunch of other thinks, I believe having my instant center way to forward was a bad thing.
My plan is to go back to the middle hole for sure and put 1/2 turn of pre-load and see how things react. The up to the top hole.
I may get some strings out and see if I can measure to figure out where the instant center is and see if it lines up with the antisquate line
Anyone have any other suggestions?
