85mudblazin
1/2 ton status
I am going to be inboarding my shocks, I dont want the mount on top of the axle, I want to put it on the sides so it helps with axle wrap a little bit, would it be ebtter to but it in the rear or in the front of the axle??
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Inboarding shocks, where to place mount on axle
- Thread starter 85mudblazin
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84_Chevy_K10
Banned
The best is the staggered arrangement like the factory. Only problem is you'll likely have to build two crossmembers to pull it off.
85mudblazin
1/2 ton status
yea I dont really want to have them staggered I think either one side or the other, do you think it will really make a difference which side it is on??
84_Chevy_K10
Banned
I don't think so, but I'm not really the one to ask because I haven't inboarded mine yet.
Hmm...maybe I'll actually do that tomorrow.
Hmm...maybe I'll actually do that tomorrow.
Blazr77400
1/2 ton status
Having the shocks staggerd helps reduce brake hop and axle hop. I would try and stagger them. Or add 2 more and have 2 on both sides. /forums/images/graemlins/truck.gif
85mudblazin
1/2 ton status
Ill probably do that, I think I can make the cross memeber out of 2" square and mount one shock in each side and it will still work, I HOPE!!.
Thanks
-Chris
Thanks
-Chris
55Willy
3/4 ton status
the best way is to get the shock as far out as possible. I was gonna run my own kit ont he rear but after routing new exhuast and building an anti wrap bar I ran out of room for inboarded shocks so mine are built off my spring plates and angle back to some custom hoops.
If you want them angled in and front to back for wrap control I'd go with 2 pointed forward and pointed back.
If you want them angled in and front to back for wrap control I'd go with 2 pointed forward and pointed back.
You must be bottoming out on your shocks, not the stops.
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You must be bottoming out on your shocks, not the stops.
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I do not bottom out with the springs I have. I cycled it with a fork lift and ran several trails in Colorado this summer without bottoming out the shock. I reused my existing shocks and if need be I can move the shock inward or go to a shorter shock. With lift springs there is usually a whole lot more down travel than up. /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif
You must be bottoming out on your shocks, not the stops.
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I do not bottom out with the springs I have. I cycled it with a fork lift and ran several trails in Colorado this summer without bottoming out the shock. I reused my existing shocks and if need be I can move the shock inward or go to a shorter shock. With lift springs there is usually a whole lot more down travel than up. /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif
surpip
1 ton status
sorry for the hijack
so if i already have your weld on shock tabs, i cant use the axel truss?
so if i already have your weld on shock tabs, i cant use the axel truss?
85mudblazin
1/2 ton status
thats where I was going to put mine but they wont do jack for axle wrap.
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so if i already have your weld on shock tabs, i cant use the axel truss?
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Yes you can. It will stop just inside of the shock mounts or you can remove them and we can make the truss wider and re-attach the mounts to the truss.
so if i already have your weld on shock tabs, i cant use the axel truss?
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Yes you can. It will stop just inside of the shock mounts or you can remove them and we can make the truss wider and re-attach the mounts to the truss.
