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If you want lift via springs your only options are a preload increase (collar) or increased spring rate. Given the same amount of lift, say 1.5”, both solutions will adjust ride height to be closer to full rebound travel for the shocks. Not near mid stroke anymore. Since collars are fixed on...

I have heard good things about the hoss 3.0 fox coilovers. You are not carrying much weight. I would not change springs or anything else. Not understanding the need to be level. You have the perfect amount of rake right now. And some awesome coilovers tuned to your stockish weight and oem...

no sir. you didn’t come across as blaming RK. Great write up. Nowadays folks barely read stuff and I just wanted to emphasize that. You never know what can be misunderstood.

great write up. Lots of good info here. I have a 9 sec attention span. Good thing I read really really fast. Breaking this up into paragraphs would have slowed me down and I would have missed the ending. wonder how this would or wouldn’t help the heavy unsprung portal use case these most...

@Brian_B Great to see you get after this. And nice write up. Anything that requires precision and I am not the guy. My precision tool of choice.

@5GENIDN thanks. Yeah. The tooth profile has to change otherwise the gears wouldn’t mesh well. The stress will be defined by the profile geometry. I suppose the challenge is the ring gear diameter is relatively fixed by the housing so squeezing more teeth onto the ring gear will decrease...

Very cool pics. I have never seen them side by side before. Now I have a question about different gear set combos. The 4.46 ratio pinion gear has 11 teeth and 49 teeth on the ring gear, 49/11=4.46. for the 4.88, 5.13, and 5.38 ratios, the pinion all have 8 teeth but the ring gear has 39, 41...

Some details here on swapping springs for the 4WP coilovers. https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/coilovers-changing-springs-to-effect-ride-height.122330/

We all have imposter syndrome, many of us just don’t want to admit it.

Static weight and ride height equilibrium example. Rough numbers. Front corner weight is about 1500 lbs. MR is 1.6 so spring force at static equilibrium is 1500*1.6=2,400 lbs. A 16x3x350 spring will displace 2400/350=6.857 inches. Call it 7 inches. for an 8” travel shock in order to be at mid...

Is it still working. Or did it already fall apart.

Don’t need this. When you have this. written by a human. Or at least I think he is… he does like to weld, maybe he is an AI robot welder… 🤔 either way I like the response.

I was not recommending to squeeze an 8” shock into the front. Merely pointing out it is an alternative way to “theoretically” get 12+ inches of wheel travel. The oem average motion ratio is 1.6. This is a fully custom solution. RK sells 8” shocks that could be used. Suspension upgrades should...

If these are the front struts you have then you won’t need the UCAs. Oem UCAs will most definitely be good for a 2” lift. That will give you just a little more than sas, about an inch. I would dial in the threaded collars for 1-2” above what you have now. Depending on preference. Should look...

A +30 offset is the sweet spot for 35s. Sounds like you are reusing the big bend +55 offset rims. I would find some cheap SAS +30 rims if money is a concern. I don’t like having an extra interface with wheel spacers. But you should be fine with good quality 1” spacers. Nothing to worry about...

Yeah the 2-3” longer LCAs don’t add massive amounts of travel. You can however get the average motion ratio from 1.6 up to 1.9 or so. you can get over 12” wheel travel out of the oem LCA with an 8” shock squeezed in there. I would move the upper shock mount north a bit and do some fender work...

Not seeing the issue here. I have never changed my engine oil in 40 years. Why. When you can just change the engine.

Thermodynamics as opposed to electromagnetism.

I just got the one from Barnes, since it was cheap and will provide some support. I am not convinced any of the others are that much better. So no reason to spend much in my opinion. there probably are real differences between the various designs but very difficult to evaluate without a proper...

I am not terribly concerned about the reaction forces (loads) at the hinges or latch. Nor the strength of the hinges. Also not worried about the tailgate in the open configuration when all the static weight must be reacted by the hinges. I am more concerned about the dynamic loads of a heavier...