Listened to some folks here and now I'm peeved

[rubbinz raczn]

Re: Listened to some folks here and now I\'m peeved

you mentioned only having 6" shock travel in rear. are you using stock mounts? i am using the same 5150's you have and had to change upper and lower rear mounts to center the shock in its travel.i am using shock hoops up front, but it sounds like the furd shock towers do come a little close to firewall.

 

[ntsqd]

Re: Listened to some folks here and now I\'m peeved

If you really want those dampers to do the most for you they need to be up on the 'C' bracket and not on the stock lower mount. Tilt them inboard just enough to stay out of the tire. Doubt the Ferd brackets will work for that.

Bump stops. If you're flexing a leaf spring to flat or reversing it, you are killing it. It will Die, and Soon. You need bumpstops to limit the spring to just b4 it can go truly flat. If your normal use can't get the spring to go that flat I want to be your back-brace salesman.

 

[m j]

Re: Listened to some folks here and now I\'m peeved

the leaf spring suspension has built in limit straps and bumpstops
they are called shackles
using them as limit straps and bumpstops is probably gonna hurt

the point is if he has a typical 6" lift spring and stock length shackles he isnt going to use too much of the 15" shock
the crappy shackle angle and short shackle length will limit the droop unless corrected
the short shackle will pound into the frame rail to prevent compression, probably kill the frame and spring if you do this enough times

in under 2 hrs with a hand drill, 2" hole saw and ~15/32 bit, and 4 pieces of 2" wide 9" long 3/8" flatbar you can make it flex enough to need the bumps, limitstraps, longer brakelines, and long travel driveshaft.

 

[Desert Rat]

Re: Listened to some folks here and now I\'m peeved

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The shocks are at a angle and that angle increase as the suspension compresses. So while you have 6 inches exposed your looking at closer to 10 inches of up travel at the shock mount on the axle to bottom that shock out

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That never dawned on me. One of the things I did notice however when I clamped the Ford towers up against the frame is that the lower mount on the axle seemed twisted a bit on the bolt and not straight since the Ford mount is farther back. I am debating going with those Ford SD mounts because you can angle them a little different and put the shock at nearly the same angle as stock. The pics I saw on the other post about those cast SD mounts looked promising.

 

[Desert Rat]

Re: Listened to some folks here and now I\'m peeved

In the rear, I have bolt on MOO shock mounts on the axle, but they are basically the same as stock lower mounts. The uppers are in the stock position as well. I'm guessing when this is all finished, I will end up putting the zero rates in and that would bump up the amount of shaft exposed. But even at the 6 inches exposed, the stock angle actually means there is more than 6 inches travel as Grim Reaper posted. So, I'm satisfied.