Driven5
Well-Known Member
U-bolts, blocks, and shackles? That's all leaf spring stuff. The DeDion tube has a welded bracket that bolts to the rear of the trailing arm (which holds the coil spring) in front of the axle and to the bottom of the shock behind the axle.
It will certainly be interesting to see how and where they're doing the lift/drop though. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense that they're using spacers for the lift, and planning something else (more labor and/or parts intensive) for the drop. The lift solution was set very early on, and is obviously very quick/easy to change, but they still seem to be figuring out the drop. I doubt they're putting 1.5" spacers on every Slate and bumping them up to 3.5" for the 2" lift.
Conventional drop solutions all are an even bigger compromise in one way or another. Some less conventional thoughts I've had include Koni style circlip grooves on the strut bodyfor the spring perch, and perhaps different 'hub carriers' (part that bolts to the end of the DeDion tube) that move the wheel position relative to the DeDion tube.
It will certainly be interesting to see how and where they're doing the lift/drop though. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense that they're using spacers for the lift, and planning something else (more labor and/or parts intensive) for the drop. The lift solution was set very early on, and is obviously very quick/easy to change, but they still seem to be figuring out the drop. I doubt they're putting 1.5" spacers on every Slate and bumping them up to 3.5" for the 2" lift.
Conventional drop solutions all are an even bigger compromise in one way or another. Some less conventional thoughts I've had include Koni style circlip grooves on the strut bodyfor the spring perch, and perhaps different 'hub carriers' (part that bolts to the end of the DeDion tube) that move the wheel position relative to the DeDion tube.
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