I briefly mentioned this a few weeks ago. The rear axle now has a center limiting strap right above the diff.
While I was installing the replacement locker a month ago, I noticed that the rear drive shaft went into bind at full droop. I don't know if I missed this in the past or if something changed when I rebuilt the drive shaft earlier this Spring. Either way, I caught it before something bad happened.
Before Holy Cross, I made a strap with a couple chain links and cable, because the real parts hadn't arrived in time. Just before yesterday, I cut the chain and cable out to put in the permanent tabs and strap.
I started by extending the gas tank cross member a bit for the top mount.
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Then I tacked the upper and lower strap mounts on place, cycled the axle and hung it from the strap to identify the stretch. Many adjustments later, I ended up with this.
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This is a 10" strap. The tabs bypass each other at full bump.
The strap stops the axle about 3/4" before full shock extension, and maybe 3/8" before the drive shaft begins to pulse from bind.
When the axle hangs, it will pivot on the lower tab allowing the shocks to reach their full 12" extension during articulation.
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I used the factory screw jack to mark out full shock extension and where I wanted the drive shaft to stop.
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This is how the strap lives at ride height.
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