triangulating shocks on toy

dove'd85 · Jun 13, 2006

well since i put my buggy leaf and waggy spings on i haven't remounted my shocks, how should i go about triangulating them? what angle should the shocks be at? pics and demension please thanks

james

crash2 · Jun 13, 2006

Verticle is "perfect"

Freeride · Jun 13, 2006

I'll have to dig out one of my chassis books, but it has a table showing the % effectiveness of different mounting angles. But definitely keep them as vertical as possible as Crash said. Don't do the 45 degree angle in at the top crap.

darius · Jun 13, 2006

straight up and down, you'll never get more than 10 or 12 inches of travel.

CrustyJeep · Jun 13, 2006

Shocks should go as far outboard as possible, and as close to vertical as possible. The only valid reason to deviate from that is because they just won't fit.

dove'd85 · Jun 14, 2006

vertical? why do people trianglelate there shocks? can i see some pics!?

james

03 CON · Jun 14, 2006

People do it because somebody said it was cool to do...
However you do lose effectiveness the more angle you have.
Stock toys came with one pointed forward a tad on one side and back on the other to help with axle wrap, but only a little angle.

Oh yea, and sure, look at all the pics you want, its a free country....

Kind of...

dove'd85 · Jun 14, 2006

so should i mount them both virtical on top of the housing or in front or behind? also should i mount them as wide as possible? both facing forward or back wards? also i want to set these up so i can still get the most drop out of my buggy leaf and not bottom out the shock on the collapsed side?

james

CrustyJeep · Jun 14, 2006

Just don't mount them below the housing or you'll hang up on everything. Front or back of housing, or up top, is up to you depending on how much room you have. Wide as possible, outboard of the springs if possible.

If you want full suspension travel then make sure your shocks can handle the travel and then some, and then don't mount them wrong :flipoff:

dove'd85 · Jun 14, 2006

no way for my to mount them outboard the springs my tires flex and rub my frame as it is if there was a shock in there i would tear it off. thanks for the info i will mount it how i think it should be then post one thanks

james

Toyotanut · Jun 14, 2006

If you want to make sure you get the most flex out of the rig, you will need to drive it up a ramp or something else that would do the same thing. Then take measurements to figure out what length and location of shocks.

zig80toy · Jun 14, 2006

I have a toyota with the rear shocks "triangulated". I realize that they become less and less effictive the more you angle them. However, i didn't do it for coolness. I did it so i could still fit long shocks under my truck without cutting holes in my bed. Even though the shocks are less effictive the way i have them set up at least its better than no shocks at all.