higher and wider shock mounts

[Mmo]

cut off the existing shock mounts on the rear 12 bolt axle tube to make way for the torque link. good time to relocate, and even considering King $hocks. have some options, but would like a one stop shopping place for placing shocks on outside of frame and high as possible without cutting wheel wells. seen a few threads here too, but i'm still going round in circles, sniff.

suggestions and rude comments?

 

[Greg72]

Go with a reasonable size based on your suspension capabilities.... don’t try for a 16” travel shock if you only have 8” of travel. To save your rear floors from cutting keep the uppermounts as tall as you can and lower brackets will end up hanging pretty low off the bottom of the axle tube. Keep them as tight to the backing plates as possible and they probably won’t hang up on rocks too badly...

-G

 

[72gmck5]

Look at what @Deuling did with his shocks in the rear. He could probably make you a set of mounts if needed.

 

[Mmo]

Go with a reasonable size based on your suspension capabilities.... don’t try for a 16” travel shock if you only have 8” of travel. To save your rear floors from cutting keep the uppermounts as tall as you can and lower brackets will end up hanging pretty low off the bottom of the axle tube. Keep them as tight to the backing plates as possible and they probably won’t hang up on rocks too badly...

-G

Thanks Greg. Rough Stuff has some options, and others have shown me shock hoops for the front. ORD, DIY4X and WFO don't have anything obvious. surprised this is so hard, and see why guys end up making their own.
the truck won't have a lot of travel, unless i get into cutting metal. has a 4" lift and i don't especially want to go higher. any shops that have such parts, do let me know....

 

[Greg72]

You can always bias the shock installation to favor more "droop" travel than "bump" travel. Excessive amounts of droop don't really help, but you could probably do a 12" shock and run it with maybe 4.5" - 5" of bump travel (UP) and let the rest go to the droop side.

As you start angling the shock mounts, you also get more travel at the wheel than you do at the shock itself. This might already be obvious to you, but it's worth mentioning again just to keep in mind.

I really wanted to avoid cutting my rear floor too, but ultimately I had too many forces conspiring against me (most notably the portal axle tubes being so much higher than typical) so I had to finally accept it and make the cuts. Fortunately, I was able to tuck them in really close to the seatback, so the overall loss of space was minimized.... it's all about making compromises that you can live with, to avoid compromises in other areas where you refuse to.


-G

 

[Mmo]

ya, id like to have the shocks near 90 to the rear axle, with slight inward camber to allow for the axle rising. just like the big boys with the giant coil overs do. i was just hoping for mounting plates and instructions that would be rather specific. rather than rely on my general knowledge and the kindness of strangers
this here the front when we put on Xover steer and high steer. the Billestein 5100's are actually mounted rather high and on the outside, came with the truck.
is this different than stock?

 

[toomany]

Yes, that is different than stock. Those look to be the common Ford shock towers with the limit strap hanging from where the factory shocks mount.

 

[sponsoredbydad]

This is what I eventually came up with. I ended up removing everything , so new spring pads relocated to be able to remove the degree shims for pinion, shock tabs as low as possible but higher than the truss bar. ORD 4 link traction bars. 14" Shocks went thru the floor and tied into the cage