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Originally Posted by bc993
The axle geometry was always my biggest concern on this transformation. However all the sand rails I've seen built have more abrupt angles and seem to have no issues but the sand gives a bit unlike pavement and wanting traction. I'm also not surprised that Renegade was not forthcoming on anyone having axle issues but i bet they have them. Hope the Tarret spacers fix the issue.
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You sir seem to be correct! I don't believe it to be the angle of the dangle but rather the distance between A and B!
Greetings all!
If you have been following along the you know I've had a few axle issues lately
The outer CV joints were getting stressed to much and pulling apart due to the transmission being set back further in the chassis.
I wanted to get longer axles when we came up with the idea to just add spacers! Waaay cheaper and better option, at least for testing purposes, and if they work out fantastic! So I put my idea out here, got some great feedback and found out that the spacers I was going to have custom made already existed!! w00T w00T!!
Thanks again to "The Radium King" for pointing out that Tarett Engineering who are well know for competition level suspension systems already had spacer kits available!!! OUTSTANDING!@!
Axle Spacer Kit, Rear, 15mm, 986 /987/996/997
The spacers are 15mm and their kit comes with the appropriate sized bolts in 12.9 grade!!! Took less then an hour to install and fit perfectly...
Better yet I can already report that this has made a VAST improvement to the overall feel of the car. After installing my recently rebuild factory axle I had been getting some vibration under acceleration which seems to be gone although some longer term testing will need to be done to be sure.
Also gave it the good 1-2 in front of the shop a few times and haven't broken anything yet! I've got a video of that too which won't be publicly posted to youtube just because
Here's a look at the Tarett Engineering Axle kit which has saved the day and hopefully saved me from having to do any more parking lot axle swaps!!!
Video should be done uploading in just a few minutes~
http://youtu.be/2oEJ-wPirb4
Thanks!
J