Cal Wheeler

Terry Jeffrey wrote:

>>I'm no physics expert, but when I am climbing a ladder, or actually
>>climbing real rocks with my real feet, having my foot a inch or 3 inches
>>closer to a foot hold, or even having my foot planted, without putting
>>my full weight on it, still means I'm more stable and am going to have
>>better footing (i.e. traction) Real Soon.
>>
>
> Thanks for your comments, Cal. I sure agree with you here - some footing is
> better than no footing at all. Now that I have both my front and rear axles
> put together (and now live in a place with some good wheeling), I plsn to
> slap those revolvers back on this spring and give them a real test!!

They're certainly easy enough to remove again. It would really take
repeated runs over the same course with and without them to do a real
objective test.
>
> Hey Cal, have you seen the new Teraflex Revolver Z-box product? They
> supposedly work in conjunction with the revolver shackles to only allow one
> side to open at a time.

I did see that they had them, but never looked into it enough to see
what they really do. I'll check 'em out. If I buy those, I'll *reallY*
drive the guys I wheel with crazy. They already raise their eyebrows at
my air springs and tubular Schmittybuilt rear bumper. ;-)


> Sounds like it could be a driveshaft saver.

Could be, however I've hoisted my YJ at both ends, and did full droop,
full diagonal X-articulation, etc. while hand-turning the driveshafts,
to ensure no matter what configuration they were in, I had no binding.


However, I am now experiencing a little axle wrap when accelerating hard
from a dead stop; springs going softer now maybe. I can see where the
U-joint knuckle has dinged the pinion retaining nut (and felt the
lumps). The Revolvers probably contribute to this, so now I am looking
at installing a traction bar...

Cal Wheeler

Terry Jeffrey wrote:

>>I'm no physics expert, but when I am climbing a ladder, or actually
>>climbing real rocks with my real feet, having my foot a inch or 3 inches
>>closer to a foot hold, or even having my foot planted, without putting
>>my full weight on it, still means I'm more stable and am going to have
>>better footing (i.e. traction) Real Soon.
>>
>
> Thanks for your comments, Cal. I sure agree with you here - some footing is
> better than no footing at all. Now that I have both my front and rear axles
> put together (and now live in a place with some good wheeling), I plsn to
> slap those revolvers back on this spring and give them a real test!!

They're certainly easy enough to remove again. It would really take
repeated runs over the same course with and without them to do a real
objective test.
>
> Hey Cal, have you seen the new Teraflex Revolver Z-box product? They
> supposedly work in conjunction with the revolver shackles to only allow one
> side to open at a time.

I did see that they had them, but never looked into it enough to see
what they really do. I'll check 'em out. If I buy those, I'll *reallY*
drive the guys I wheel with crazy. They already raise their eyebrows at
my air springs and tubular Schmittybuilt rear bumper. ;-)


> Sounds like it could be a driveshaft saver.

Could be, however I've hoisted my YJ at both ends, and did full droop,
full diagonal X-articulation, etc. while hand-turning the driveshafts,
to ensure no matter what configuration they were in, I had no binding.


However, I am now experiencing a little axle wrap when accelerating hard
from a dead stop; springs going softer now maybe. I can see where the
U-joint knuckle has dinged the pinion retaining nut (and felt the
lumps). The Revolvers probably contribute to this, so now I am looking
at installing a traction bar...

Cal Wheeler

Terry Jeffrey wrote:

>>I'm no physics expert, but when I am climbing a ladder, or actually
>>climbing real rocks with my real feet, having my foot a inch or 3 inches
>>closer to a foot hold, or even having my foot planted, without putting
>>my full weight on it, still means I'm more stable and am going to have
>>better footing (i.e. traction) Real Soon.
>>
>
> Thanks for your comments, Cal. I sure agree with you here - some footing is
> better than no footing at all. Now that I have both my front and rear axles
> put together (and now live in a place with some good wheeling), I plsn to
> slap those revolvers back on this spring and give them a real test!!

They're certainly easy enough to remove again. It would really take
repeated runs over the same course with and without them to do a real
objective test.
>
> Hey Cal, have you seen the new Teraflex Revolver Z-box product? They
> supposedly work in conjunction with the revolver shackles to only allow one
> side to open at a time.

I did see that they had them, but never looked into it enough to see
what they really do. I'll check 'em out. If I buy those, I'll *reallY*
drive the guys I wheel with crazy. They already raise their eyebrows at
my air springs and tubular Schmittybuilt rear bumper. ;-)


> Sounds like it could be a driveshaft saver.

Could be, however I've hoisted my YJ at both ends, and did full droop,
full diagonal X-articulation, etc. while hand-turning the driveshafts,
to ensure no matter what configuration they were in, I had no binding.


However, I am now experiencing a little axle wrap when accelerating hard
from a dead stop; springs going softer now maybe. I can see where the
U-joint knuckle has dinged the pinion retaining nut (and felt the
lumps). The Revolvers probably contribute to this, so now I am looking
at installing a traction bar...