1982 C/K 6.0L Caitlyn Mall Crawler (Interior time)

[Babaganoosh]

Jackstands everywhere

Ya I'm kind of big on safety at times and everything has to go under the truck when I leave.

Move it as far forward as you can before you start getting interference on the front side with the tires/fenders.e, go at least one inch forward of stock.

It's already pretty far forward dont think i can go a ton more forward.

I just need to find the happy medium with the ups and downs and weigh them together.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Almost positive I'm not going to win this battle and the fender will.

Few mins ago I was sitting in the front seat and a Mother was pushing her son in a stroller and he yelled look mom a truck pointing at me.

 

[Deuling]

move the rear mount back. Longer the links are, the less front to back movement.

 

[ktmoutfront]

The links hit the frame. Thats why my mounts are outboard of the frame.

 

[Babaganoosh]

move the rear mount back. Longer the links are, the less front to back movement.

This is with the mount moved back. I would have to sacrifice another inch of bump travel to have it work.

The links hit the frame. Thats why my mounts are outboard of the frame.

I see Ord did have this setup at one time. In the multiple versions they came up with.

 

[Deuling]

Just run no fenders for a bit, bring me yours in July, and I'll give you mine to chop up

 

[Babaganoosh]

Must have fenders.Not sure what to do at the moment to resolve this issue.

I don't think ORD has those brackets on the shelf, so I will have to move it back to where it was, and push the axle as far up as I can get away with and deal with it.

 

[y5mgisi]

I feel like i would clearance the frame.

 

[Babaganoosh]

I feel like i would clearance the frame.

Really? What is your plan of attack on this?

 

[ktmoutfront]

I would put a bend in the upper link.

 

[Babaganoosh]

I would put a bend in the upper link.

You know that isn't a bad idea, the off road shop around the corner runs 10 dollars for every 2 mins. Would you bend it in a shape like how a bent drag link is? or just do a little slope?

 

[ktmoutfront]

As little as possible. It will need to miss the lower link at full droop. So may not be doable. Heat the pvc to put a bend in it first.

 

[y5mgisi]

Honestly, I thought about bending the link but isn' it 1/4 wall? Seems not all shops can bend that. And tthe other thing was I wouldn't want to explain to everyone that asked why my link was bent.

 

[Babaganoosh]

2 inch x .250 wall so yes it's 1/4 DOM. I would rather explain why the upper link is bent vs the bottom link.

 

[y5mgisi]

Well hopefully you can just bend it and be done.

 

[Babaganoosh]

We could only hope It will be that easy.

 

[Chevy305]

And tthe other thing was I wouldn't want to explain to everyone that asked why my link was bent.

Because......


RACECAR

 

[Babaganoosh]

Glad to see you post Glenn even though it's a joke. Hopefully you are still following along.

 

[ktmoutfront]

And tthe other thing was I wouldn't want to explain to everyone that asked why my link was bent.

If you can't see why, you would not understand.

 

[82355]

Does bending the links weaken them at all?

Martin