forward and reversed four links

aliright i saw this on a 720 in an old issue of minitruckin the dude was from dropsicles in canada the lower straight bars were in front of the axle and the upper triangulated bars were behind the axle he was also running bags over the axlehas anyone seen this setup before and what kinda advantages/disadvantages does it have in my head i see it working but i just wanna know exactly whats up with it. i figure when the bags push down the bars spearate and tilt the axle to keep the pinnion angle right sorta like the way a watts link bracket works some one help me out

forverse's aren't the greatest... limited lift and stuff...

check out this video me and iLLblazer made showing pinion angle with different setups.

http://www.illconformity.com/videos/linkvideo.wmv

props for taking the time to make that video.

Originally posted by joeeichberger



props for taking the time to make that video.

thanks... we figured it would help some people to understand whats going on with their shit with different setups.

sweet vid but it looks like every four link fucks up the pinnion angle bad. on the forverse what are all the down falls im not looking to get insane amounts of lift just enough to clear a good portion of the rim and it looks like on the forverse wouldnt you want to set it at where it lays instead of ride height as not to have it yank the drive shaft outof the tranny when you drop it?

whats your reason for wanting to run a forverse???

whats stopping you from running a full forward 4 link?

everything is gonna fuck up your pinion angle as some point... forverse's just get there fast than some others... lol.

Think about it... both pairs of bars are acting against eachother. I wouldn't recommened it, i'd do whatever i could to run a full foward before i would consider a forverse.

Edited: 12/23/2005 3:43:10 PM by slammitsu

Two bars forward, and two backwards is one of the worst setups you can put on your vehicle.

i just want the knowledge so i can wheigh out all my options or maybe come up with my own unique setup and ive never seen it in action plus i wanna keep my drive shaft and differential lined up as best as i can but i guess thats what the u joints or what ever that shit is that connect the drive shaft to the differential is supposed to be for

Edited: 12/23/2005 4:05:13 PM by iLLblazer

Originally posted by dragn168



sweet vid but it looks like every four link fucks up the pinnion angle bad. wtf are you talking about. look at the first link in the vid. full forward link with equal length bars. follow the black line on top of the 'dif' as compared to the lines marked on the board. Its stays pretty close to perfect. Now look at the forverse..oh look it flips backwards!There is no reason to run that type of setup ever. Pinion angle is one thing, good luck trying to hook up while your opposite facing bars are battling each other!

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whoa hold the fuck up there hos i never siad i was gonna use it i said i thought i was gonna use it and wanted to know how it works and i didnt exlain how i was thinking either while i watched the vid i was picturing the drive shaft connected to the differential in my head thats why i said "it looks like all four links wil eventually fuck up the pinion angle
thanxs for the ass chewing i didnt know anything about these setups just how i thought they worked hence the reason why i was asking questions and illairgasm thanx for not sounding like a dick when you answered my questions