Thread: Articulation Pix, Time to post your Flex....

Here's some I took at the National Field Days.
My club ran the 4WD test track which we "upgraded" a few weeks ago with an excavator and bobcat.

Some taken today.

Am I missing something, I can't see any pics.

Ignore this, it's just my computer being really slow.
The pics are there now.

Originally Posted by DirtyDawg

Middle pic looks like the ad the former user had to sell it ..except the wheel was flat I'm sure it will flex a way lot more than that.....

Good memory, it does indeed. The previous owner's driveway even looks like mine.

I've recently replaced shocks + springs. The old suspension was extremely soft, no problems getting full articulation (as much as the shocks allowed). The new suspension's Bilstein shocks, Lovell springs and Disco II rubberised spring mounts (front) ruberised ring spacers (rear) - see Mos's thread - Defender 90 with 2" suspension).

Here's a few pics testing the new setup articulation...

... its much better on road
- no body sway around roundabouts at 35km/h,
- plush ride over speed bumps,
- generally improved handling (no more "boating" along the freeway while changing lanes!!)

The jury is still out on off-road performance. The articulation pix posted seem close to the static limit. Pushing on the body on the corner of the third pic, I could get the rear wheel off the ground.

Will it be any better off road in "dynamic" situations?

I guess only time will tell!! - I'll make sure to post an update once I've taken it off-road.

A work in progress alot of work

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Finally got an opportunity to get some flex pics, found a nice bit in the gully when i was using the line trimmer