Deos anyone know how to corretly measure the length of an A arm?
At first I thought this was a silly question but the more I think about it the more it makes sense. In designing my front suspension, I have created a 3D model of what I think I want. I now want to run some bump calcs to determine change in camber/toe, swing arm length, roll center etc. However my A arm design can vary depending on how wide a base for the A arm I wish to use and this must alternatively change the length or does it? For example if I were using an equalateral triange I would assume I measure form teh center of my outer joint to the center of of the base and this woudl be the effective lever length. But if my chassis tube runs on an angle, the triangle is longer equalateral, so where shoudl I be measuring to?
Regards
At first I thought this was a silly question but the more I think about it the more it makes sense. In designing my front suspension, I have created a 3D model of what I think I want. I now want to run some bump calcs to determine change in camber/toe, swing arm length, roll center etc. However my A arm design can vary depending on how wide a base for the A arm I wish to use and this must alternatively change the length or does it? For example if I were using an equalateral triange I would assume I measure form teh center of my outer joint to the center of of the base and this woudl be the effective lever length. But if my chassis tube runs on an angle, the triangle is longer equalateral, so where shoudl I be measuring to?
Regards
