Re: Jeff Bade and his joints

["Jeff Bade" <jbade@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The odd thing is I haven't lifted this scout yet.
The draglink looks stock and not sure of the condition.
There are Shims under the axels.. not sure if that is really needed on a
1980 or on a non-lifted scout.
I have some new lift springs to put on it.  I also have a dropped pitman arm
I can try in my stash-o-parts.
I was going to try and get everything working well before I opened up any
new can of worms..

Joel... Who's Jaff?



----- Original Message -----
From: "Joel M Brodsky" <jmbrodsky@domain.elided>
To: <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 3:28 PM
Subject: Jaff Bade and his joints


> Jeff,
>       Bump steer as I have experienced, has been caused by the angle of
the
> drag link being excessive, following a lift spring installation.  As the
> front wheel compresses there is an appreciable action on the drag link,
and
> it no longer adheres to the small angle theory, thus when the wheel comes
> up, it pushes the draglink to the side, and that's what bump steer is.
> Drop pitman arm is the solution, or high-steer if you have the bux.
>
> I'm going to see about heating and bending a factory pitman arm a few
> inches to retain the same radius, but give a bit of drop in the arm.  The
> 4" drop arm from Skyjacker is much shorter than stock, but I have yet to
> try the one I have.
>
> JoelB