Testing Articulation

I didn't have time to work on anything this week so I thought I would share some testing pictures with you. Articulation also known as flex is very important when it comes to taking a truck offroad and on the trails. Articulation is the ability of the front and rear axles to twist in the opposite direction of each other while maintaining all wheels on the ground for maximum traction. The TTB or twin-traction beam front end on the Bronco is not known for its ability to articulate. You can see in the pictures below that the solid-axle rear end moves a lot more than the TTB front end. You can also see more TTB Flex pictures at Fullsizebronco.com. For a stock suspension with oversized tires I was impressed with the flex but you can see that in the pictures the tires had began to spin loosing traction.

The front passenger side wheel is tucked and the rear is at full extension.

Front View

Driver Side View

Driver side rear tire is completely tucked in fender well.

Rear View

Better View of Full Extension

To get an idea the front tire is sitting on a ledge that is nearly as tall as the
rear tire which measures 34 inches in height.