Any pictures of cage arms with 3.5" lift?

DanWheeler · Apr 7, 2009

Still trying to decide between 3-link and cage radius arms to improve the dismal front articulation. below is a picture of what I have right now which is basically zero articulation. When I put my front tire up on a stump, the axle is perfectly parallel with the bumper. ZERO articulation. Meanwhile, the rear leafs are flexing nicely doing all the work.

Does anyone have pictures of a 3.5" lift (I have WH coils) and the cage arms? I'm trying to get an idea of how much flex I will gain with the cage arms. If it's not significant, then I'll think harder about 3-link.

thanks,
dan

73stallion · Apr 7, 2009

i've installed duff's arms (same as cage) with a 3.5" lift, i can tell you the flex is great! even my bronco with a 2.5" lift and WCB arms has considerable more flex than the stock arms. they're only 6" longer than stock compared to cage/duff 12" longer.

another thing you can consider is BC's WAH.

carter2772 · Apr 7, 2009

Here is a video of a guy i know. He has cage front arms, 3.5 sus and leafs in the rear.

In the video, he is in the white bronco, about 1 minute in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emUMjZGiNyU

ralls · Apr 7, 2009

I have 3.5 duff lift with the arms and I LOVE it. I did have to put rs9000's in place of the duff shocks because they were too soft and it swayed too much on the highway.

carter2772 · Apr 7, 2009

Danweeler..... I just saw that you are a local...

You should check out northwestclassicbroncos.com great group of people there. Am sure you could come check out someones rig that is running that there.

carter2772 · Apr 7, 2009

Sorry, here is the link..

http://northwestclassicbroncos.com/index.php?sid=5177fc18ccfdc2d6ab8cfd09a26a2172

DanWheeler · Apr 8, 2009

thanks for the pics and videos guys. If I can get the kind of flex in that video of the white bronco i'll be a happy wheeler.

DanWheeler · Apr 8, 2009

carter2772 said:
Danweeler..... I just saw that you are a local...

You should check out northwestclassicbroncos.com great group of people there. Am sure you could come check out someones rig that is running that there.

hey Carter, i grew up in Mill Creek. I'll definitely check out that site.

carter2772 · Apr 8, 2009

DanWheeler said:
hey Carter, i grew up in Mill Creek. I'll definitely check out that site.

That whole group of broncos, the yellow one and the white one, are in Lynwood.

malcolmzilla · Apr 9, 2009

Cage 3.5 coils, leafs and long arms. No weight in the back really.

DanWheeler · Apr 9, 2009

awesome, thanks Malcolm

WyleCoyote · Apr 9, 2009

Dan - Bronco69er is making custom long arms locally for a really great price. You might want to give him a shout before you decide.

bronko69er · Apr 9, 2009

More pics to check out.....
My long arms, Cage 5.5" coils.....
Generally you get less flex out of the end of the bronco that is high on the ramp because there is not enough weight to compress the springs all the way.

My long arms with 3.5" cage coils on Ted's bronco.

MarkM · Apr 10, 2009

carter2772 said:
Here is a video of a guy i know. He has cage front arms, 3.5 sus and leafs in the rear.

In the video, he is in the white bronco, about 1 minute in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emUMjZGiNyU

Thats my Bronco, actually I built the arms that are on it, you can see in the video how theres two tubes on the arm you can see pretty much the same idea as the cage arms, I used two smaller bushings up front and
a Rubicon express joint at the rear, that was before we became a Cage dealer
and I'm a cheap bastard ;D

DanWheeler · Apr 10, 2009

MarkM said:
Thats my Bronco, actually I built the arms that are on it, you can see in the video how theres two tubes on the arm you can see pretty much the same idea as the cage arms, I used two smaller bushings up front and
a Rubicon express joint at the rear, that was before we became a Cage dealer
and I'm a cheap bastard ;D

do you have any up close-up pics of the arms you made? The 2 bushings are what I like about the cage/duff arms. I would like to make my own arms if I could retain the 2 bushings design.

thanks,
dan

MarkM · Apr 10, 2009

DanWheeler said:
do you have any up close-up pics of the arms you made? The 2 bushings are what I like about the cage/duff arms. I would like to make my own arms if I could retain the 2 bushings design.

thanks,
dan

These are the best that I have right now, on this particular rig I used the two smaller bushings as well as retaining the stock C bushings, on mine I
removed the C bushings and just used the two smaller ones, sorry some of the pictures are pretty bad.

carter2772 · Apr 10, 2009

Mark, i figured you would pop up... Especially since i posted the vid.

Sorry, i thought you had the cage arms, SINCE YOU ARE A DEALER.. Ha ha. J k!

Hey, those springs look blue to me.. jab jab...;D %)

MarkM · Apr 10, 2009

carter2772 said:
Mark, i figured you would pop up... Especially since i posted the vid.

Sorry, i thought you had the cage arms, SINCE YOU ARE A DEALER.. Ha ha. J k!

Hey, those springs look blue to me.. jab jab...;D %)

No worries ;D Like I said, I'm a cheap bastard

The springs are silver now, I swapped em out just before SOB this last year ;D

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