zcarczar
1/2 ton status
Well I got it done, so far it works very well, and it rides very nice. I just need my new rear shaft to get here and mount some bump stops and I will be ready to go out and test it.
I ended up having to move the front mount forward around 4", this pushed it into the body mount. I drove the rivets out of the body mount and cut the remaining tab off with the plasma and moved the front hanger into the correct position. I ended up welding the front hanger on and welded the body mount to the hanger to substitute for the missing rivets.
For the rear I had to move the hanger back about 4.5". This gave me a very nice shackle angle with the springs. I originally had a home made flip on there with the long shackles and it sat like a stink bug which is no good for a truck that does lots of high speed stuff like mine. So I ordered the 2.5" flip from ORD and got the shackle up closer to the frame and ended up with a better shackle angle. But the only problems I have noticed is that either the shackle is too long, or these springs dont have enough free-arc to them, meaning that at rest there isnt enough arc in them to suffiecently drop the shackle. So in the future I will be looking at purchasing some Deavers for the back. The springs I used were springs off a new body style 2500HD with the over load removed. I was afraid to go with 1/2 springs because my K5 is still full bodied.
For the shocks I used 1.75" tubing welded to the frame for the hoops, and I used King 2.5" Diameter 16" Travel Kings. The shocks are setup perfect from King and I dont think I will change a thing about them. The hoops tie into my bumper supports in the back and in the front I fish plated the frame and welded the hoops to a piece of tubing that was parellel to the hoops. It looks like everything will work ok.
So that sums it up, I ended up with the axle moved back a bit, and my wheelbase is now around 110" which seems like it will work very well for all the terrain I wheel.
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I ended up having to move the front mount forward around 4", this pushed it into the body mount. I drove the rivets out of the body mount and cut the remaining tab off with the plasma and moved the front hanger into the correct position. I ended up welding the front hanger on and welded the body mount to the hanger to substitute for the missing rivets.
For the rear I had to move the hanger back about 4.5". This gave me a very nice shackle angle with the springs. I originally had a home made flip on there with the long shackles and it sat like a stink bug which is no good for a truck that does lots of high speed stuff like mine. So I ordered the 2.5" flip from ORD and got the shackle up closer to the frame and ended up with a better shackle angle. But the only problems I have noticed is that either the shackle is too long, or these springs dont have enough free-arc to them, meaning that at rest there isnt enough arc in them to suffiecently drop the shackle. So in the future I will be looking at purchasing some Deavers for the back. The springs I used were springs off a new body style 2500HD with the over load removed. I was afraid to go with 1/2 springs because my K5 is still full bodied.
For the shocks I used 1.75" tubing welded to the frame for the hoops, and I used King 2.5" Diameter 16" Travel Kings. The shocks are setup perfect from King and I dont think I will change a thing about them. The hoops tie into my bumper supports in the back and in the front I fish plated the frame and welded the hoops to a piece of tubing that was parellel to the hoops. It looks like everything will work ok.
So that sums it up, I ended up with the axle moved back a bit, and my wheelbase is now around 110" which seems like it will work very well for all the terrain I wheel.
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