this was my senor in high school dream in 1985
CK5
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Muddysub's Toyota crawler.
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Wade! We have to go back!
That’s not wade... lol
Focking Gnome! I just saw the gnome and instantly thought, oh that's Wade. Though the math of him being a senior in high school in 1985 seemed a little off. I need more sleep I guess.
lol..I can think of worse people to be mistaken for
Oh my good Lordt!!! Full schwing right here!
Pretty jealous of you two.... lol
I’m looking forward to that one.
I got measuring done and some holes drilled today after knocking out a customer truck at work. It looks like I can stretch the wheelbase 1” without messing with the rear driveline. The way the springs are set up in the photo sets the axle back 1”, doesn’t hurt the departure angle and gives me the option to stretch it another 1.5” if I want to have the driveline retubed. I don’t know how much they’re going to flatten out so I’ll have do tack them in and check with weight on them in the morning.
I have had good success with much shallower shackle angles Scott.
Interesting to see how much they flatten out. Hopefully a bunch
Interesting to see how much they flatten out. Hopefully a bunch
Ok, raptor springs are done and I’m pretty damn happy with them.
I ended up running the springs backwards with the overload turned around. Doing so shortened up the rear end of the spring, helping my departure angle and kept the roller thing on the back end of the spring to prevent axle wrap. The front mount is forward about 5.5” from the old mount and the shackle hanger is moved back 2.5”. The axle moved back about 2” so departure wasn’t hurt too badly. Shackle angle ended up a bit lazy at 52* as the springs flattened out a bunch. It seems to work though, they don’t lay flat at full bump and they don’t invert at full droop. They ride great and articulate better than the old ones, ride height came up a couple inches so the shocks aren’t bottoming out now.
I’ll have to weld in some bump stops to keep the tires out of the flatbed. They always rubbed that angled tube above the tire but it’s worse now as the tire is pushed back, now the tire wants to climb up into the flatbed.
I ended up running the springs backwards with the overload turned around. Doing so shortened up the rear end of the spring, helping my departure angle and kept the roller thing on the back end of the spring to prevent axle wrap. The front mount is forward about 5.5” from the old mount and the shackle hanger is moved back 2.5”. The axle moved back about 2” so departure wasn’t hurt too badly. Shackle angle ended up a bit lazy at 52* as the springs flattened out a bunch. It seems to work though, they don’t lay flat at full bump and they don’t invert at full droop. They ride great and articulate better than the old ones, ride height came up a couple inches so the shocks aren’t bottoming out now.
I’ll have to weld in some bump stops to keep the tires out of the flatbed. They always rubbed that angled tube above the tire but it’s worse now as the tire is pushed back, now the tire wants to climb up into the flatbed.
Most excellent Scott. Looks like they are gonna work awesome
Man I didn’t realize how squatty it was. Looks way better and I bet it rides way better too
Looks good! I see that you use the CAD system too!
Oh yeah, the bumpers on my suburban we’re built out of cardboard and masking tape before I built them from steel.
Looks really good!
I started on bumpstops today after work. I’ll tack these on tomorrow and forklift the truck again. Once I know they’re in the right place I’ll weld them up.
When you gonna cut those long ends off the U-bolts?
When I take the tires off to weld those bumpstops in.
