Ford shock tower pull through

[mrk5]

That should help.

I removed my factory bump stop brackets and made my own you can see in the picture. They weren't well designed either and probably compounded my problems. The shock towers v2.0 will incorporate the bump stops.

 

[Jason4x4]

Here's mine

Just had to trim about 1/4" off of the top of the bump stop bracket, and welded some side support.

 

[rcamacho]

Here's mine

Just had to trim about 1/4" off of the top of the bump stop bracket, and welded some side support.

Nice design. What do your axle side mounts look like? Running xover or push pull?

 

[mrdrinksalil]

I was planning on making something similar because I still need bumpstops

 

[70jimmy]

Here are pics of mine. Hmmm bump stops, yep I remember taking those off.

 

[mrdrinksalil]

yeah when I flex out I only have about 1/2" of uptravel left with the shock so im thinkin bumpstops to protect some things. Also think if I get the big cushy ones that compress a little it might give me some side hill stability.

 

[RockinChevy]

When I had my crossmember done at a fabricator's house, I forgot to bring my bumpstops with me so they never got bolted back on. My ORD engine crossmember is the "bumpstop", my ubolts came in contact with it a bunch of times.

 

[abig84]

im running those on my s10. in addition to bolting them i welded the heck out of them and then welded some angle iron

 

[Jason4x4]

Nice design. What do your axle side mounts look like? Running xover or push pull?

X-OVER steering.

 

[mrk5]

Here's mine

Just had to trim about 1/4" off of the top of the bump stop bracket, and welded some side support.

Yep, your design is much better than mine was.

 

[rcamacho]

I was able to straighten and weld up the frame this afternoon. Now I just have to figure out how to support the towers better. Since I'm running push-pull the mounting options are more limited. I'll probably end up fabricating a 1/8-1/4" back plate for sandwiching the frame.

 

[rcamacho]

The passenger side checked out fine this afternoon as well. I'll post some pictures up as I re-mount the towers with backing plates, etc.

 

[rcamacho]

All done, I'm running (3) 1/2" grade 8 bolts per tower and a 3/8" in one of the existing holes. All other nearby holes have been filled and ground flat. Looks pretty nice and should be a lot stronger than how they were mounted before.

 

[BGKYK5]

Pics.

 

[rcamacho]

Here's some pics. The shocks are in alignment with the mounts. I took some off angle shots to show the bolts.

 

[Brady]

I don't understand why you guys are have trouble with these.I had a set on my CJ-7 for years.Never had a problem.Of course mine were weld on not bolted.This probally the problem.The drilled holes causing week spots in a already flexy frame.Box the frame behind were your mounts are.

 

[Stomis]

Doubt your problem was in how you mounted them but rather in the design behind your mounting and your shock length. I had my towers installed way too high and just recently fixed them on turkey day. I moved them down so my top mount is only about 2in about where the stocker one was. I have 4in of exposed shock the other 8in of travel are all for droop. My shock was limiting my droop before, had I run the truck on a trail like that it woulda yanked the tower clean off.

 

[rcamacho]

Doubt your problem was in how you mounted them but rather in the design behind your mounting and your shock length. I had my towers installed way too high and just recently fixed them on turkey day. I moved them down so my top mount is only about 2in about where the stocker one was. I have 4in of exposed shock the other 8in of travel are all for droop. My shock was limiting my droop before, had I run the truck on a trail like that it woulda yanked the tower clean off.

I suspect the shocks may be a bit long (5012/33") but I'm running extended bump stops and will address them as well. I need to measure down travel and add some limiting straps.

 

[rcamacho]

I don't understand why you guys are have trouble with these.I had a set on my CJ-7 for years.Never had a problem.Of course mine were weld on not bolted.This probally the problem.The drilled holes causing week spots in a already flexy frame.Box the frame behind were your mounts are.

Welding probably eliminates a lot of the flex induced by the extended mount. Stephen from ORD suggested avoiding vertical welds vertically along the frame though so I'm loath to throw a bead there.