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Originally posted by Rockaholic:
Porhes, you start to argue one thing, then change your argument, and even prove others arguments at times....

The pictures of TJ and Marty with their Xterra's at angles are compltely relevant to the point of the revolvers "unloading". The shackles are not opening up when put under addttional stress from the vehicles being at an angle. If the shackles were then the body would be leanign more.

ASs to the "it's not worth it argument" - as someone else pointed out then you should be opposed to the removal of a rear sway bar.

And here is a case where having a few inches more flex would have been helpful.

The situation was that the driver needed to back up, and the rear tire was in the air and had no traction, so the X could not go backwards and instead rolled forward into the tree he was trying not to roll forward into (which is not in the picture). Granted, the driver was in the situation because of a bad spotting job, but having that extra droop would have prevented the problem.
First... I had great spotting on that leg. Kissing that tree was part and parcel of the hobby and we only found the better line as a result. So, life's good.

Second, I had maybe 2 1/2 tires on the ground and, even with the extra droop, I'm not sure I would have had the extra contact that would have been helpful on backing out. In hindsight, it's possible that I could have backed myself out of that with one more tire touching, but in context of this string, I would rather have more flex on the front than to have had revolvers on the rear. The reason being that I was nose down on that and would have been able to use gravity to help my traction situation.

So, long story short, I think revolvers work if your setup has the ability to pivot with the flex. Without that, the variables increase, which just makes the equation unpredictable.

So, give me less droop and more predictability every day. While I may need to get strapped out sometimes, I'd rather go down giving it a try than to feel the confidence of a setup that may not help me get to a solid footing.