Offroad Radius Arm Suspension Fabrication - Reckless Wrench Garage 

it amazes me that people today don't understand simple things like this. I have never welded once in my life, but I do know the principals behind it an been around enough welders to know what you do an don't do. To me this is just no brainer stuff, oHHHH that's it, No Brains.

Greg Ward No need to insult people. We all do crap when we are younger that we don’t think about the long term consequences. Including you. Not trying to be an ass, but Billy was just trying to help someone out without criticizing.

I quit welding in short sleeves in my late 20s after getting a bad flash burn on my biceps. Always, always... protect the skin you're in! I'm 55 and still at it. Nice work, guys... but wear your gear!

Billy Beane thankyou so much sir. I’ll keep it in mind. God bless you dear...

Josh Lind Thank you! We are glad you enjoy them. 🤘🏻

winstonUSMC We learned a new trick with the audio settings. Nice of you to notice. As for the squint; you know I’m all about safety. 😁

I’m not sure this translated properly. We would love to answer your question if we can get some clarification.

JayinMI Thanks, glad you’re enjoying it. As far as subscribers; everyone has to start somewhere. In the garage is a 78 Courier with a sbc. That will get some attention on the channel once the Ranger and Suburban are done.

No, but Barnes4wd, Ruff Stuff, Artec, Ballistic, and various others have a slew of brackets to choose from.

Playing Possum there wasn’t enough clearance to fit in position with the hood on. Fear not, when it gets fully welded the hood will go down

For a smoother ride, try to get the lower arm close to parallel with the ground at ride height. For a happier driveline, have the lower arm terminate in line with the front output flange on the transfer case. Keep in mind your caster changes throughout the suspension cycle. The length and amount of travel will determine how much it changes. You will have to decide what the main purpose of the rig is and set it up with whatever is better for that.

The basic mechanics of the box are the same, the difference is the sector shaft position and pitman arm position. On the 4wd box, the pitman arms sticks out to the left side and the tie rod connects to the left spindle. When turning, the arm moves forward and back to turn the knuckle, which is what they call push-pull steering. On the 2wd box, the pitman arm points towards the rear. When turning it rotates left and right. When you swap to the 2wd box, you are able to run the tie rod to the passenger spindle (hence ‘crossover’). This allows better steering in all situations. You can replace the sector shaft in a 4wd box with a 2wd shaft rather than swapping the box out.

@@RecklessWrenchGarage 👍👍👍 Thanks Keep up the good work !!

Alpha1 We use a variety of brackets from Barnes4wd, Ruff Stuff Specialties, Artec Industries, and Ballistic Fabrication. The ones on the Suburban are Barnes and Ballistic.

The pinion angle is set by adjusting the upper links on the radius arms. рычаг верхнего радиуса перемещает угол передачи

This was all custom; however, Fortify Offroad & Roberts Custom Trucks make a radius arm kit. A welded kit is around $1,200. Contact Jake at Roberts Custom Trucks if you’re interested. www.robertscustomtrucks.com/

I do what I want.

Since neither one of us know what spray arc is, we watched this video. He pretty much answers your question. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PI3pZxoPRvA.html

jeep life We positioned the axle to set the pinion at the best possible angle for the ride height and keep caster in a good spot. From there we kept the lower links as flat as possible and set the vertical separation to maintain less than 45* off the lower link. From there, we hope for the best and make changes as necessary.

That really depends what you want to do. Keep in mind a front 4 link requires full hydraulic steering

The radius arms were a simple design and fit in the space I had without any argument. We actually used the ranger as an example to build the arms for the Stuburban. A 3 link the way I initially pictured would take more finesse and require modifications of other components. One blessing and curse the radius arms over 3 link is the fact they bind...which provides more on-road stability and eliminates the need for a sway bar. Beyond that, I can’t give any first hand pros/cons.

@@RecklessWrenchGarage Great!! Thank you buddy

It is. It’s only about 5.25”. It could certainly be a bit more, but it works.

@@RecklessWrenchGarage thats the important part.

I built a 4 point crossmember out of 1.75” DOM.

Most of the brackets on the Stuburban were purchased from Barnes 4WD or made in the garage.

Me too!

I've got an 87 you can buy

It’ll be fine.

If you are referring to the grey stands--Have you ever turned a square 90 degrees? lol I'm assuming you mean 45 degrees to put one of the corners pointing forward.... We are able to do that with the big red stands, but not the grey ones.

@@RecklessWrenchGarage no, i meant 90 degrees and I'm referring to the way the truck is sitting on the stands, not the way the stands are sitting on the ground. The frame should be straddling the jack stand, running perpendicular to the top of the jack stand. You had all 4 parallel to the frame. But, do what ever you want, bro. 6000# falling on your chest is going to leave a little more than a mark.

Ah, I see. Valid point. We had the stands turned side ways to make room to clean the edges and put the plates in to box the frame. With the red stands on the front, the grey ones were there just in case. Seeing as how it would take quite a bit of force to push the frame off the stand sideways, we weren’t worried about it; however, you do have a valid point, the other way would be the ‘right way’.

😂 Look back through our videos. There is a video showing where it came from.

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Dude he's literally wearing one what are you talking about