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Curious if anyone has implemented any variation of a buggy spring on the M1009 or M1008. Chatted with a guy yesterday who build a few dedicated crawler rigs (that still ran on the street). He introduced me to the idea of a buggy spring.
Anyone fabbed together an interpretation of a buggy spring on a CUCV?
From my reading, seems as though this is a but more common in lighter weight vehicles. I feel safety may be a bit jeopardized by running this setup. I don't believe there is really anything left in place to positively locate the axle laterally under the vehicle.
I couldn't find many setups or reading about buggy-springs online. I did find this picture that somewhat demonstrates the concept. Basically, mount the upper shackle bolt to a spring eye of another spring. This other spring is cut ~ 12 inches long, and fastened to the frame. This allows for mass articulation. When the axle droops and the shackle reaches a vertical state, it then begins to flex the spring that is attached to the top of shackle downward allowing for even more droop.
Anyways, anyone thrown this idea on a CUCV?
Curious if anyone has implemented any variation of a buggy spring on the M1009 or M1008. Chatted with a guy yesterday who build a few dedicated crawler rigs (that still ran on the street). He introduced me to the idea of a buggy spring.
Anyone fabbed together an interpretation of a buggy spring on a CUCV?
From my reading, seems as though this is a but more common in lighter weight vehicles. I feel safety may be a bit jeopardized by running this setup. I don't believe there is really anything left in place to positively locate the axle laterally under the vehicle.
I couldn't find many setups or reading about buggy-springs online. I did find this picture that somewhat demonstrates the concept. Basically, mount the upper shackle bolt to a spring eye of another spring. This other spring is cut ~ 12 inches long, and fastened to the frame. This allows for mass articulation. When the axle droops and the shackle reaches a vertical state, it then begins to flex the spring that is attached to the top of shackle downward allowing for even more droop.
Anyways, anyone thrown this idea on a CUCV?