Quote Originally Posted by Bidja View Post
Phil the only thing that bothers me with with spacing fwd the radius arm is that increased extended length position of the front uni drive slide joint (less bearing load face/area). Maybe not an issue but having no mud flaps does not really bother me. Might rig up something up off the side rails. I also have 2 " lift, use 2 deg caster correction with 33s. I will leave mine as is. My only concern is not being able run chains on frot wheels, but those days are not common for me now.
Look, all good points. I think there is more than adequate engaged length to handle the torque to the front wheel, but saying that its not how it was designed to begin with and I dont know how much 'over design factor of safety' is in the original design either. I am running a similar setup to yours, maybe 3" on the front, castor correction bushes and 33". Running chains for me is a potential issue on both front and back when it gets a bit hairy. I also have noticed the job the mud flaps actually do in keeping the mud and stones off the ARB side rails and step - not much door clearance to step and a bit of paint crunching does no one any good. I will see how this pans out and worse thing that happens is I break something and come home in rear wheel drive, and then have to get a custom jobbie.