SaddleUp
Bronco Guru
Anyone running both Extended Radius arms and the BC Bronco's Wristed Housing Kit? I'm looking over options for changing my frontend but I'm not sure if both would work well together or not.
Perhaps however I am curious what the real result would be. Would it even be streetable for instance? Why did you switch from the wristed housing? That may help me decide what to do.76Broncofromhell said:I've run a wristed arm and now I'm running WH extended. There's no real difference in flex between the two, but the long arms feel a lot more stable on the trail. It seems like kind of a waste to combine the two.
I'm not even considering a wristed arm. I already have extended arms. I'm thinking of adding a wristed housing to the mix though.76Broncofromhell said:I had a wristed arm, not housing. I switched because my arm was a little shady. I also liked the way the WH/ All4Fun arms were built.
You would not gain any flex by combining the two was my point. Wristed arms are the cheap way to gain flex without upgrading to an extended arm. Combining the two doesn't add anything to the mix.
The people I have talked to with wristed arms tell me they are a hinderence on the trail. I.E. From what I understand they have a tendacy to fold up so they just leave them pinned.Delta4WheelDrive said:I have arms extended by 15". I have WH 5.5 inch coils with drop out buckets that are cranked up for an additional 2" of suspension lift. Last year on the Con, I was heading in through gatekeeper and my passenger side radius arm broke completely in half in front of the shock mounts. I have the arms plated, however the plating stopped where it broke. The driver’s side was badly bent and ready to break as well. So we, at 3 am at gatekeeper, added scrap metal and welded it good enough to get back to the trailer. %)
So, my opinion would be that the lengthened arm as well as it being wristed would work best to absorb the rotational torque with extreme travel and the use of radius arms (no 3 or 4 link). I have since built new arms and am trying to decide whether I am going to use the WAH or make my arms wristed. I am leaning heavily toward the wristed arm...
My newly built arms are indestructible, but I have seen the front radius arm cap break off. The torque needs to be alleviated some how...
In theory it would seem to me that the combination would work really well off road providing it is strong enough. While I trailer mine to the trails now I still like to get in it and go for a drive around town from time to time so it needs to do good on the street as well.GaBronco said:There was a guy at the ECBR Free-4-All in 2004 that was running both the WAH and the extended Radius arms from Duff's. He did really well in the rocks and seem to flex better than most. The guy was running a propane injected 200. Maybe some of the guys that were there remember it and can give more info. It was John Deere green and had two yellow racing stripes on it running 35 inch MTR's. When asked how it did he did not say it was overly scary or anything of that nature. Ill try and find a picture of his Bronco.
Nathan
SaddleUp said:The people I have talked to with wristed arms tell me they are a hinderence on the trail. I.E. From what I understand they have a tendacy to fold up so they just leave them pinned.
Same here, I've been running a wristed stock radius arm for just about a year now. It was cheap, easy, and gave me a lot more flex. I would love the wristed housing, but I'd probably do a four link with coilovers first.wheelin66bronco said:I ran a wristed arm for 3 years fine. Rubicon, Moab, and all over the northern Cali mountains. Never had it fold on me.
Tyson
icebreaker88 said:Delta,
Are those stock arms you extended. I want to extend mine also but am also looking for more turning radius. It looks like your are bent for more clearence.
Just wanted to know if any has ever bent the stock arms for more turning radius.
Thanks