Rear radius rod question.

DaddyT · Mar 6, 2013

I have a pair of front radius rods i wanna use in back. Would it be necessary to brace the upper and lower bars together if I was to use them in the rear suspension?

blurooster · Mar 7, 2013

Let's see a picture of what your talking about.......................

Old Iron · Mar 7, 2013

Depends on the tubing diameter and wall thickness.
Like was said ^^^^ post pics

Dirtyrat · Mar 7, 2013

My guess is this is a hairpin setup, so I'll go out on a limb and assume this, and that you would be looking at like a ladder style setup by adding in the extra bars from upper to lower?

DaddyT · Mar 18, 2013

Dirtyrat said:
My guess is this is a hairpin setup, so I'll go out on a limb and assume this, and that you would be looking at like a ladder style setup by adding in the extra bars from upper to lower?

Thats correct.

These are the radius rods I have in the pic. They are 7/8" OD and tapped for 5/8" rod ends.

I was thinking of welding a steel plate between the bars.
Should it be connected near midpoint?
Could they just be gusseted where the bars come together?

RPM · Mar 18, 2013

Those will work for you. Weld your support in after all of your adjusting is done. You can't change the centers on them after they have the support welded in.