Mounting ram to steering stabilizer bracket

[8_YOUR_H2]

So me and a friend are mocking up the hydro assist and he thinks it would be a good idea to use the bracket on the axle tube that the stabilizer bolts to. I Say no way it would never work, only because I have never seen anyone else do it that way and wanted to sound like I am some master fabricator but really I am a dumbass.

He says why not...the bracket is fairly stout looks almost like 3/16" which is what the tab thickness is. I think...well ok maybe it could work, never said that out loud though.

Anyone ever seen a hydro assist ram mounted to the OEM steering stabilizer bracket on the axle tube?

 

[79k20350]

i dont see why it wouldnt work. maybe put another tab above the one thats there so it grabs both sides of the ram... other than that it should work fine.

 

[1985_K5_Silverado]

Perhaps a gusset or two would be a plus (there's usually no harm in overbuilding), but I'll have to look at it when I get a chance.

 

[MNorby]

the prob you will run into probably is the distance, you have to have that ram on the axle end really close to the pumpkin to have enough room to put your mounts on the tierod. Measure twice, cut/ weld once.

 

[Eric M.]

the prob you will run into probably is the distance, you have to have that ram on the axle end really close to the pumpkin to have enough room to put your mounts on the tierod. Measure twice, cut/ weld once.

Ditto. Looked at the same thing when I did my ram. I couldn't get it to work.

Eric M.

 

[DougK20]

I mounted my full-hydro ram there and it worked fine. It took some reshaping and a few gussets, but it was a good place to start.

 

[8_YOUR_H2]

Did you use the hole in the tierod too?

 

[Ned Kelly]

How well do rams hold up on DD in winter road environments found in northern areas where they salt and sand the roads in the winter?

 

[petryshyn]

I am sure they would hold up the same as a shock in that position, so I assum just fine.

 

[koldsimer]

Did you use the hole in the tierod too?

It looks like he did. I've heard of a lot of people running it this way with no problems.

 

[85mudblazin]

I wouldnt want that ram in single shear. Thats alot of force being applied to that 1/2" bolt.

 

[DougK20]

It's bored out to 3/4" with grade 8 bolt. I'm not worried about it one bit.