The extreme travel or the HD? You don't think that will lift the rear of the truck too much?
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Rear shocks behind the axle?
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The sub frame would have more room between the springs, correct? Like maybe the 4" we're seeing? Is the older sub wheelbase 110"? The only place I can see any frame mods is right at the rear of the gas tank. But I can't see the actual rails up front due to the boxing where the link arms meet the frame.
73 sub frame wheel base looks to be @ 128.5 https://ck5.com/forums/threads/1973.324352/ hard to read
there goes that idea.
ordered the 6" HD shackles on thursday, since they were in stock. Hopefully they will come this week and maybe I can get started on those shocks. I absolutely hate waiting to do things I've finally decided to do. I procrastinate enough without any help!
OK, shackle issue is fixed. Thank you @weshardin for the tip! Went from this:
to this:
I opened up the ORD mounts, as @Fastereddie described, but I noticed there's a pretty good inboard cant to the shock as I've got it set up now. The orange string is the center of the shock. And that bottom mount is supposed to be square, my tape isn't holding the axle very well is all.
So as the axle gets put in this position, what happens to the shock tube?
Here's what I can't wrap my head around: How is the shock going to move in two planes at once mounted like I'm planning? When one wheel goes up and the other droops, the wheel is going to get stuffed up into the wheel well like this, and try to occupy the same space as the shock. So that inboard cant is necessary. But the shock is normally going to be moving up and down in a different plane, and if it's bolted in, I'm not understanding how it's going to do both.
I've got enough clearance as it's mounted with the string, with the inboard cant for the tire. Do I need some misalignment bushings to allow it side to side movement? Seems like the shock isn't going to want to move two ways at once. Am I missing something or am I just geometrically challenged? It seems I need to move the upper mount out, but then I won't have clearance for the tire. Also, do i need to cut the tabs on the axle mount to cause it to angle inboard? The upper mount seems to be straight up and down.
Am I good with mounting as in the orange string, or do I need to move the upper mount out more?
to this:
I opened up the ORD mounts, as @Fastereddie described, but I noticed there's a pretty good inboard cant to the shock as I've got it set up now. The orange string is the center of the shock. And that bottom mount is supposed to be square, my tape isn't holding the axle very well is all.
So as the axle gets put in this position, what happens to the shock tube?
Here's what I can't wrap my head around: How is the shock going to move in two planes at once mounted like I'm planning? When one wheel goes up and the other droops, the wheel is going to get stuffed up into the wheel well like this, and try to occupy the same space as the shock. So that inboard cant is necessary. But the shock is normally going to be moving up and down in a different plane, and if it's bolted in, I'm not understanding how it's going to do both.
I've got enough clearance as it's mounted with the string, with the inboard cant for the tire. Do I need some misalignment bushings to allow it side to side movement? Seems like the shock isn't going to want to move two ways at once. Am I missing something or am I just geometrically challenged? It seems I need to move the upper mount out, but then I won't have clearance for the tire. Also, do i need to cut the tabs on the axle mount to cause it to angle inboard? The upper mount seems to be straight up and down.
Am I good with mounting as in the orange string, or do I need to move the upper mount out more?
