Re: Flex is not what it's cracked up to be.... Posted by VINCE on December 07, 1998 at 15:46:24: In Reply to: Need a rear drop kit for your rover? Ask the Doc posted by Dr. Twist (PHD) on December 06, 1998 at 18:33:46: Drop down the axle... ok, now what? ...Well I have an axle with great flex! ...ok, but now that tire, that is a foot lower than the fender, has NO weight on it! Traction...? ..what traction? Think about it. A home-made setup was built not long ago on a friends RR that did the exact same thing as Safari Gaurd's kit (but for about $15 worth of steel), and although it looked great, the tires would start spinning even though it was in "full" contact with the ground. It is easy to see when you look a vehicle flex this way... it is flexing because the weight is on the compressed end, not the dropped one. In short: Flex is good to a point. But a real 4WD has to have lockers to be functional. That's one reason Mercedes put them on at the factory. (G-wagon, Unimog) (My 2 cents) VINCE - SIII 2.5 Diesel
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