Originally Posted by
Jmuck69
The softer B4.1 arms have one built-in ball end for the swaybar, the B44.1 arms are a little firmer and have two of the ball ends. Then you have the Carbon arms which are the firmest.
Order from softest to firmest.
B4.1
B44.1
carbon rear arms
Most run the B44.1 rear arms on the B4.1 because the B4.1 arms tend to be too soft and noodly. This is the conclusion after reading many discussions on this matter. Chris from AE has listed the same order as above. Others will tend to argue this matter.
Others have told me that the B44 are the softest, then the B4, then the carbon (firmest). Doesn't mean that's correct, but it would make sense for various reasons.
Originally Posted by
Jmuck69
That is the B44.1 arm
Actually, I was confused by this recently. I bought a stack of spare buggy arms and some more 4wd buggy arms, and when they came in I thought they screwed up and sent me just B44 rear arms. However, in my brand new B4.1 FT kit (and marked B4 on the tags on the spare rear arms), all the rear arms had two balls. Interestingly, they were not inserted in the bag the same way. One had the bend in the arm closer to the tag and the other had it down, and they were consistently that way. I assume this indicates which is which, but there's nothing about the arms themselves that provides any indication of how they differ. I'd just stock one type if I knew the B44 arms were equal or better than the B4 rear arms. Just one less separate line item to stock...