Originally Posted By: rslifkin
With a moderate suspension stiffness in my Jeep, it holds the road fine on rough roads, although it does get a little bit of side-skip (mostly in the rear) if you push it in a corner on a rough road, due to the solid axles. Not a bad feeling though (unless you're used to driving a FWD econobox, then it might scare you the first time), and it doesn't threaten loss of control.
The Jeeps "problem" is alot of unsprung weight with the solid axle which makes suspension tuning tough to make comfortable on really rough roads. If you really push it in the corners on rough pavement eventually the loss of road contact will make handling go bad...
As an aside, anyone have a solid axle vehicle handle washboard well? My tracker did ok for the first year or two but now the back axle likes to impersonate a basketball on washboard.
With a moderate suspension stiffness in my Jeep, it holds the road fine on rough roads, although it does get a little bit of side-skip (mostly in the rear) if you push it in a corner on a rough road, due to the solid axles. Not a bad feeling though (unless you're used to driving a FWD econobox, then it might scare you the first time), and it doesn't threaten loss of control.
The Jeeps "problem" is alot of unsprung weight with the solid axle which makes suspension tuning tough to make comfortable on really rough roads. If you really push it in the corners on rough pavement eventually the loss of road contact will make handling go bad...
As an aside, anyone have a solid axle vehicle handle washboard well? My tracker did ok for the first year or two but now the back axle likes to impersonate a basketball on washboard.