driveshaft loop for all!
#42
I have MWC 9" with long TA and PST 3.5" as-shipped the loop was a bit out of round and didnt line up perfectly, it was a touch off center and scraped the ds a bit.
It took about an hour of hard-core man-handling with various pry bars, blocks of wood, and a vice. . .but it fits perfectly now...doesnt scrape when the rear is hanging or when fully compressed...I am very satisfied with it.
It took about an hour of hard-core man-handling with various pry bars, blocks of wood, and a vice. . .but it fits perfectly now...doesnt scrape when the rear is hanging or when fully compressed...I am very satisfied with it.
#44
can you do a side by side of this and the previous version? the one i bought a few months ago still sits too close the DS and im going to have to pull it off and bend it to make it fit better.
#45
I don't have any of the old version as they have been this way for some time now. Yours is sitting to close to the driveshaft? The driveshaft location hasn't ever moved on our fixture all we did was change the passenger side bends for more exhaust clearance.
Here is the old version.
Here is the old version.
#46
After bending the loop into a little more of a circle and bending the bracket piece by the exhaust i got a little less than half an inch clearance on the bottom of the loop. but TONS of clearance at the top of the loop, really wish i could have gotten equal clearance all the way around. when I initially put the DS loop on, the bottom of the loop was touching the DS.
#47
We oval the loops to give more room for the driveshaft to move up and down, has been that way for some time now, plus it gives more room for the torque arm.
Generally if a driveshaft is to close to one side or another the rear end needs to be squared up in the vehicle and if it is to close to the top or the bottom pinion angle could be to much in either direction. Or a combination of the two. Ride height also plays into driveshaft loop fitment.
In your situation I can see you have something under the mounting point which changes the angles of the loop from being installed properly. However a half an inch is more than enough room for a drive shaft loop.
Torque arms, exhaust, big driveshafts, lowered vehicles, and rear end movement the way it does in these vehicles can make fitting driveshaft loops tricky.
Generally if a driveshaft is to close to one side or another the rear end needs to be squared up in the vehicle and if it is to close to the top or the bottom pinion angle could be to much in either direction. Or a combination of the two. Ride height also plays into driveshaft loop fitment.
In your situation I can see you have something under the mounting point which changes the angles of the loop from being installed properly. However a half an inch is more than enough room for a drive shaft loop.
Torque arms, exhaust, big driveshafts, lowered vehicles, and rear end movement the way it does in these vehicles can make fitting driveshaft loops tricky.