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Title: 404 Rear axle articulation
Post by: IanRubie on September 30, 2014, 11:20:17 am
Just a quick video of my 404 climbing a hill.  Shows the rear articulation quite nicely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEreWHENWMk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEreWHENWMk)
Title: Re: 404 Rear axle articulation
Post by: Villager on September 30, 2014, 04:59:40 pm
Looks smart that Ian :) It shows the chassis twist nicely as well :) would you say the TJ springs have made a big difference?
Title: Re: 404 Rear axle articulation
Post by: IanRubie on September 30, 2014, 05:07:00 pm
I would say the TJ springs have helped.  The original springs obviously had to cope with max vehicle weight.  I'm nowhere near that so the springs were way too stiff and did not compress well.  As you can see the TJ ones compress nicely with only about 20kg of stuff in the box.
Title: Re: 404 Rear axle articulation
Post by: strathbran steve on September 30, 2014, 08:54:55 pm
Looks great, have you modded anything else in the suspension?
Title: Re: 404 Rear axle articulation
Post by: bart 420 on October 02, 2014, 12:38:06 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIMtQX7opuo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
 got a video of you flexing at mogfest
Title: Re: 404 Rear axle articulation
Post by: IanRubie on October 02, 2014, 07:22:03 am
have you modded anything else in the suspension?

The top damper mounts have been lowered and the original rear springs have been put on the front.  The rear springs are 4" lift Jeep TJ ones.

Ian
Title: Re: 404 Rear axle articulation
Post by: moose on October 02, 2014, 07:19:26 pm
It's good to see you enjoying your Mog Ian constant rpm means your confidence in your motors ability  :)
Moose
Title: Re: 404 Rear axle articulation
Post by: njc110381 on October 02, 2014, 09:23:35 pm
One of the first things said to me when I was looking at mogs is that they don't really need driving hard to get the job done. It's amazing what they can do