beater_k20
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turning radius will suck too. the width would be great for a super lifted mud truck, but thats about it
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2WD X-Cab Solid axle swap. Follow my build up!
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Got the front end in today!!!!!
The truck is big....Real big. Hopefully not too big.
A buddy of mine gave me a card to an offroad shop in the area...one i never knew was there. Im gonna meet with the guy, tube bed is in order
I still have to drill another set of holes in the shackles, move the front springs back 1-2" and im gonna have the brackets welded to the frame after everything is done to make sure its strong. Im so glad the front is together though...its aboot damn time!!!!
The truck is big....Real big. Hopefully not too big.
A buddy of mine gave me a card to an offroad shop in the area...one i never knew was there. Im gonna meet with the guy, tube bed is in orderI still have to drill another set of holes in the shackles, move the front springs back 1-2" and im gonna have the brackets welded to the frame after everything is done to make sure its strong. Im so glad the front is together though...its aboot damn time!!!!
beater_k20 said:
Jeremy,
With the axle under, you can tell the front shocks are gonna point right up through the buckets. So it seems the options are to either build a mount so the shock runs through the bucket or weld new mounts on the axle and lay the shocks back so they will hit the frame instead.
wow freakin awesome man. cant wait to see what its like w/ the rear in.
Thanks man. Ive been talking back and forth with Kert (diy4x) so my mounts should be in soon. Then im going to the local 4x4/ fabrication shop and having a crossmember made up to inboard it all. Should come out pretty awsome! I just cant wait.
I just cant wait.
beater_k20
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what kind of brackets are you having fabbed up? i talked to Kert briefly about coming up with a Flip-n-Switch for the 88-98 trucks.
This is something complety differant for inboarding the rear springs. It would be easy enough to replicate and change for another application but youd have to move the spring perches. my biggest gripe with these trucks is the tapered frame, so it makes it a pain to move the axle foreward. in the stock location the brackets are all square, and the springs are tapered too. But since my front mount will be on the part of the frame thats parellel and the rear will be on the part thats tapered the mounts im going to use have to account for that. Also inboarding the rear springs will be nice for flex... not the best for road manners but will see what happens there.
beater_k20
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what kind of spring spacing are you looking at?
Got it all welded up...I did it myself, a buddy brought his mig over and i finally got to lay some decent beads!
The welding is about 60% done. I have the front spring mounts ready to go but i need more wire. also i need more time!!!! lol
The welding is about 60% done. I have the front spring mounts ready to go but i need more wire. also i need more time!!!! lol
beater_k20
Banned
im confused... how are you going to mount the front of the springs now? 
beater_k20 said:im confused... how are you going to mount the front of the springs now?
I have another piece of 2"x6" 1/4" steel for the front mounts. That is going to be a removable crossmember, it will look like this, and have two spring buckets underneath.
woo hoo updates rock, looking good there.
Are you planning on a 63 inch rear spring?? if so won't that put your axle up under the back ox the cab ?? or do you plan to use 56" springs backwords? 9which would still be close) neat project by the way should be cool when your done
gonna run 64's that will put the axle center line 22" from the back of the cab. if needed a zero rate pushing 1.5" backward's...yellowK20 said:
eventually cutsom springs with and offset mounting point....
looks sweet. any more updates?
