D44 sas questions

[Elomar88]

Are any of you guys running the 44044 rancho springs what did you do for the rear shackle hangers thanks for the input on the caster and gears last couple of things I need to read up on is the driveline and rear hanger mounts



Pic of the progress

 

[Elomar88]

so pretty close to being done with the sas just had a question for those of you that did the conversion already what front driveline did you guys use or can you use the stock 97 4runner one and lengthen it or maybe an older ifs one with the cv joint



pics of the progress

 

[Sean K.]

Not busting your chops but if you measured only the upper section of the C your caster angle would be double the amount moved. Caster is the line drawn between the center of the upper pivot and the lower pivot.

http://pictures.dealer.com/c/ccinorthyork/1092/fdf358ed40463872003bce70380a6290.gif

So as you increase the rearward rotation of the top, you increase the forward rotation of the bottom. I wouldn't run 10 degrees of caster on a D44, I'd keep it around 4 degrees. Steering effort would be crazy high at 10 and would cause tire wear due to camber effect in turns. Unless high speed straight line stability is your goal, don't get crazy.

Agreed. 10º is waaaay too much. You want 4-7º at ride height.

***EDIT*** NM....this thread is almost a year old.

 

[rkntoy]

so pretty close to being done with the sas just had a question for those of you that did the conversion already what front driveline did you guys use or can you use the stock 97 4runner one and lengthen it or maybe an older ifs one with the cv joint

Looking good. My wife would kill me if I ever did a SAS at the house again. I would have to hide it at a friend's house.

 

[Elomar88]

Looking good. My wife would kill me if I ever did a SAS at the house again. I would have to hide it at a friend's house.

Thanks Lol yeah grinder dust everywhere it barely fit in the garage gonna have to roll it out on 31s