James Duffy T-rex arms

[savage]

Well finally got back from a month long road trip (7190 miles). And we stopped by James Duffy to give them a hard time for leaving sequim Washington great people, met James Duffy's wife, great lady, and got me some T-rex black arms, Christmas early for me

 

[duffymahoney]

sequim is an amazing area, they should have stayed

 

[savage]

sequim is an amazing area, they should have stayed

It was funny when I was teasing them and they said who I was getting my parts from now. If shipping wasn't so expensive I would have kept getting parts from them. I just luck out that are trip went by them.

 

[Howard2x4x4]

Month long road trip sounds pretty good right about now.

 

[savage]

Month long road trip sounds pretty good right about now.

It was awesome to get away from Washington state !!! We traveled thru 22 states, the gas prices were awesome compared to Washington!!!

 

[Yooper74]

Please update after install . I’ve been considering them myself

 

[savage]

Please update after install . I’ve been considering them myself

For sure, start this week and hope to have it done next week. A little at a time between other projects :-;D

 

[bronco loco]

Have you decided what degree of C bushings you will be using?

 

[savage]

Havre you decided that degree of C bushings you will be using?

I'm going to see if I can tell what the old ones are and go from there. I have new 4 and 7 degree c-bushing and I have James Duffy adjustable radius arm drop brackets, with three different degree adjustments. I'm leaning toward 4 degrees c-bushing, since the arms have 4.25 degrees built in them and I can fine tune with my drop brackets.

 

[omureebe]

I'm going to see if I can tell what the old ones are and go from there. I have new 4 and 7 degree c-bushing and I have James Duffy adjustable radius arm drop brackets, with three different degree adjustments. I'm leaning toward 4 degrees c-bushing, since the arms have 4.25 degrees built in them and I can fine tune with my drop brackets.

I didn't see any caster improvement with my T-Rex arms. I initially had 2* bushings and went with 4* thinking what you're thinking. Guess what? The caster improved by 2* in total as measured by alignment. Since I now have +1.5* final caster I'll switch to the 7* over a rainy weekend.

Otherwise, those arms are seriously nice. No tire rub and feel the suspension function much better - not as much binding as I had before, so way more pleasant to drive.

Omar

 

[savage]

I didn't see any caster improvement with my T-Rex arms. I initially had 2* bushings and went with 4* thinking what you're thinking. Guess what? The caster improved by 2* in total as measured by alignment. Since I now have +1.5* final caster I'll switch to the 7* over a rainy weekend.

Otherwise, those arms are seriously nice. No tire rub and feel the suspension function much better - not as much binding as I had before, so way more pleasant to drive.

Omar

The turn part is the one reason I got them. People kept telling me to get wheel spacers, but I'm not a big fan of them, my opinion is it puts way to much stress on the wheel bearings.

 

[sprdv1]

Well finally got back from a month long road trip (7190 miles). And we stopped by James Duffy to give them a hard time for leaving sequim Washington �� great people, met James Duffy's wife, great lady, and got me some T-rex black arms, Christmas early for me��

haha.. that's awesome. Congrats

 

[savage]

Well I got the old stuff out and tomorrow in with the new!!!!! I see it had 4 degree c-bushing, so I'm going to go with the new 4 degree c-bushing , it drove great with the 4 degree c-bushing with the stock arms, I'm afraid if I go with the 7 degree c-bushing it will bind my drive line.

 

[gnsteam]

Just came in from the garage. T-Rex arms in place.

 

[savage]

Just came in from the garage. T-Rex arms in place.

What degree c-bushing did you go with 4 or 7?

 

[Jedeka]

Savage, he installed the 4 degree. If you go with 7 degree, Duffs told me their high angle driveshafts need to be installed.

 

[savage]

Savage, he installed the 4 degree. If you go with 7 degree, Duffs told me their high angle driveshafts need to be installed.

Do you know what size lift he has 2.5 or 3.5 ?

 

[gnsteam]

What degree c-bushing did you go with 4 or 7?

7 Degree.

 

[savage]

Well all most done, the arms were a pain to get leveled with each other, got in with in 1/4 inch, it sits level so I going to leave it alone!!! Did get the dreaded c- bushings bulge, c-bushing are Installed Wright and use formula 5 lube for install . I looked up on the site about the bulge,, and sounds like it more common lately.

 

[Yooper74]

Is that An aftermarket bracket for the rear side of the t-Rex arms ?? Did that come with them or is it something else due to lift height?