RADO's Off Road Rig- Build Thread

[orion]

OR...... Just not use the high steer. Looks to me like the "stock" steering location will work fine.

[VXorado]

Maybe flip the steering upside down..
..and if required 'bow' the link to clear pumpkin?

Just a quick..'I'm about to eat dinner'..thought!

And YEA!..fwd 3 inches looks good..and will give a better entry

Probably worth the 0.02 cents!

Jo

Flipping the tie rods would work, but the top of the high steer is tapered and only fits the tie rods from top-down.

Notch and plate the frame?
In my mind I was thinking 5-6 inches forward for the axle.

I could notch the frame but that would a be a big cutout and still might not get me to the desired ride height. I'd like to be 4-5" lower at full compression. --- if possible

I'll probably play with the axle tire location more but will probably end up around 3-4" inches forward. If I go more, the tire will be pushed out of the wheel well too much for my liking. I'll take another pic with the axle pushed further forward for comparison.

Is it just the photo angle or the axle is not sitting at the right rotation. The knuckles/c's are rotated back. If rotated forward (rear of pumpkin angled up a bit) the steering arm will rotate down an inch or two (still not enough but a start). And as Jo said, flip the link to the bottom of the arms...there's another inch.

I need a magnetic protractor to set the caster angle which should be around +5 degrees. I played around with a more negative caster angle and it does give me a little bit more clearance on the steering linkage.

OR...... Just not use the high steer. Looks to me like the "stock" steering location will work fine.

You're right, I was just baffled by ride height requirement to run high steer considering other Isuzu builds I've seen. I may have to build new steering links to correct length for the stock mounts (which sucks!), otherwise it shouldn't be a problem.


Thanks for the feedback guys... got me thinking! I'll move the steering linkage down to the stock mount later today and see how it looks. More pics to follow...