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64's on a k5

MJB774X

MJB774X

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I'm putting 64's on the back of an 82 k5, I was gunna leave the stock spring hanger in place and move the axle back a few, but after looking at having to cut the body, move the filler, modify the tank, I decided to move the spring forward, as anyone who has done this knows the body mount is right in front of the spring hanger so....I started making brackets to move the spring forward but leave the body mount alone, I searched for a pic of a k5 with 64's and pics that show the hanger, all I could find is pics of trucks no k5s, I'm moving forward with the bracket idea, but if anyone has pics or could tell me what they did that would be great.... here's a pic of what I started, the part the spring is going to bolt to is made out of 3.5" square 1/4 wall tube ( no pics of that yet) but here are the frame plates (1/4")

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Dame i have been having the same problem all i could find was bad k5 pics our truck pics. So i started designing my own adjustable brackets. I have not started the construction but the design is actually very similar. I will be using the Diy4x adjustable spring bracket as the base (kind of like yours for multipule hole adjustment) and the building my bracket of that to support a variety of axle spacing and shackle adjustment! I will not be able to start my project for another month at least but when i get their i will be more than happy to post picture. I actually planed to do a full write up so us k5er's have some good base to go off of for members with future swaps.
 
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Brians1990Blazer said:
Dame i have been having the same problem all i could find was bad k5 pics our truck pics. So i started designing my own adjustable brackets. I have not started the construction but the design is actually very similar. I will be using the Diy4x adjustable spring bracket as the base (kind of like yours for multipule hole adjustment) and the building my bracket of that to support a variety of axle spacing and shackle adjustment! I will not be able to start my project for another month at least but when i get their i will be more than happy to post picture. I actually planed to do a full write up so us k5er's have some good base to go off of for members with future swaps.
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diy4x actually made brackets like these, but they never took off, so they quit making them, they can actually make you some if you wanted, I like making stuff like this but if I had the money I would have just got them from diy4x, I got b52 brackets from them and I was happy. Kurt at diy4x was actually nice enough to email me pics even though I told him I was making my own. I would deffinently like to see what you make. I've been asking about this for a few weeks and everyone just critisizes me for not just moving the stock hanger up...but of coarse most of them are truck guys that don't have the body mount issue.. you can still drill new holes and use the stock bracket, but I didn't like the idea of putting 6 new holes right next to 6 existing holes, and I don't like the idea of welding them to the frame either
 
MJB774X said:
diy4x actually made brackets like these, but they never took off, so they quit making them, they can actually make you some if you wanted, I like making stuff like this but if I had the money I would have just got them from diy4x, I got b52 brackets from them and I was happy. Kurt at diy4x was actually nice enough to email me pics even though I told him I was making my own. I would deffinently like to see what you make. I've been asking about this for a few weeks and everyone just critisizes me for not just moving the stock hanger up...but of coarse most of them are truck guys that don't have the body mount issue.. you can still drill new holes and use the stock bracket, but I didn't like the idea of putting 6 new holes right next to 6 existing holes, and I don't like the idea of welding them to the frame either
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Ahmen to that! Ya i am doing a lot of school and traveling this month so i wont get much time but i will definitely take pictures and post up a little thread! I agree about welding/putting holes in your frame!!! besides its just a couple of inches plus the way i am planing it i will get major adjust-ability so i can play with it later and see what i like!
 
Who taught you how to weld, they should be fired.




So you can take their place, nice welds :waytogo:, I like the bracket idea, dont need one but good idea.
 
Wow! Deadly welding man....very nice. Can't wait to see the finished product, might need a set for mine.:whistle:
 
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I have gotten a couple of pm's of people interested in these. I wouldn't make a set for anyone yet until I run these and see how they work, but I'll explain kinda what I did to come up with these. first off I put the 64" spring up along the frame and placed the center pin close to where I wanted the axle to be, and I then figured how much forward I wanted the spring to mount, in my case approx 3". I then made a cardboard template which ended up being the frame plate you see on the bracket I made. the most forward part of the template goes right up parallel against the body mount, that edge runs 90 degrees from top to bottom of the fram rail, holding the template against the frame I traced the holes where the original mount was riveted to. the holes on the bracket are not symetrical so I poked holes in the center of the holes I traced and then laid the original mount on the other side of the template and I traced the hole and bracket on the template. I them drew a line running through the center of the spring mount hole and parallel with the front edge of the template which runs 90 degrees of the frame........this is confussing isn't it?, the line that ran through the spring hole was a reference to make a new hole 3" forward of the original, I also dropped it lower cause the original hole is kinda tucked between the frame and the stock mount. I cut out the plated and laid the stock bracket on it where the holes lined up. I tacked the stock mount on the plate and used it as a template to drill the frame mounting holes, I then drilled the hole 3" forward from the stock location, after I made one plate I tacked it to the other plate and duplicated it. the hanger part is 3- 1/2" sq tube 1/4 wall, laid out and drilled the holes in that and then cut one of the sides off to open it up, I used 9/16" all thread and bolted through the hole of the new spring location on the plate with 2 nuts and washers so it would extend off the plate 90 degrees I then slid the sq tube on the all thread with more nuts and adjusted it so the was 1.5" fromthe frame mounting surface to the inside of the spring mounting surface, I then made the plates to connect the two and welded it all together..........whoo.....breath , I am no good at explaining things sorry it's the best I can do
 
shackle hanger brackets in progress

this is what I did today, it will bolt to the original holes and I'll need to drill 2 more in the frame
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another important thing I must add is that I think the springs I have are 60" not 64"
 
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