STABILIZERLEG ***UPDATED***

Last crawled date: 1 year, 10 months ago

At first I designed a spring replacement utilizing a confined rubber compression cone as a direct replacement for the original suspension part. Unfortunately the maximum compression force for the small size was around 5000lb and when I increased the size of the component (this required a redesign of the main suspension arm to clear) the hinge point mounting failed.

As a result I've taken a different approach - Instead of a quick fix_ Do it the right way.
The concept has an additional flaw that's gone unnoticed by the designers: The "Haulz-All" is marketed as a versatile load hauling solution with the suspended rear wheel as a main feature. However at Half load the spring rate will be far to great to allow suspension travel, render it completely ridged(In which case this is a pretty pointless exercise and they might as well stick with the cheaper ridged rear suspension).

My design utilizes a leaver train to reduce the force exerted on the spring whilst spreading the point-load forces over all of the component instead of solely on the main pivot point. The load setting adjuster changes the compression angle of the spring, altering the force application.

It sound far more complicated than it is and considering there is only two welds and one bend in the manufacturing (excluding the replacement "lower arm") and everything else bolting together,the costs should be minimal.

But any-case there's my solution. (I will post the cheap and nasty version for interest sake)

***UPDATE***____ So I've tweaked the geometry and simplified the design. It now only has the two load settings (Full x(o.89) - Half x(0.445) (x=spring rate) @45deg)+ park..... enjoy!____***UPDATE***