Thread: Cranked/kinked Front arms?

After Raising my mates D1 V8, the caster and diff angle changed unacceptably to me, the steering also became too light for mine and my mates liking.

We have spare radius arms, so I was wondering if anyone has taken them to a spring works and had them bent to the correct angle?

Otherwise: Is there a difference in the arms available, I've seen them as cheap as $400 for the fronts, but I still think it's a big much for two bits of metal.

The Disco won't be going any higher but might end up with slightly bigger than stock wheels once we take it off roading and stop towing with it all the time.

You can bend the arms, there was an excellent tutorial once by a Kiwi bloke on the 'net but long gone unfortunately.

The big problem is that to get the castor right your pinion angle will then be very wrong, and I'm with Big Jon on this, my preferred method is slotting the swivels.

If the pinion is pointing up at the t/case all you need is a double cardan front shaft just to reduce the angles on the unis at the t/case end and everything will be sweet, and with nothing else altered that's where the pinion should still be pointing.

What distance do you have between the bump stop and diff pads ? (assuming stock bump stops in reasonable condition)