Who's running non-staggered shocks?

[USSkoval]

How do you like them on/off road? Any problems with axle wrap/wheel hop?

My goal of having a 1ton 14ff be a bolt-in affair for my burb fell slightly short. I could not mount the shocks inboard in a staggered manner because the right tailpipe and the gas tank were in the way. So I cut the RR shock mount off of the axle and welded it to the front of the axle tube, and mounted the shock pointed in the forward position like the left side. Has anyone else done this?

Also, why in the heck are the 1ton shocks staggered in the OPPOSITE direction as the lighter trucks?

 

[BGKYK5]

I can only answer one of those. IIRC, the direction of stagger doesn't matter for controlling axle wrap. Left forward and right forward should work the same. There must have been a packaging issue that caused them to do it that way.

Expanding on USSkoval's question, what about inboarding vs. stagger vs. both forward?

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

I have all 4 of my shocks on the back of my axles, it works fine.

I can only answer one of those. IIRC, the direction of stagger doesn't matter for controlling axle wrap. Left forward and right forward should work the same. There must have been a packaging issue that caused them to do it that way.

Agreed.

Expanding on USSkoval's question, what about inboarding vs. stagger vs. both forward?

Inboarding or leaning the shocks in any way will decrease their effectiveness.

 

[BGKYK5]

Inboarding or leaning the shocks in any way will decrease their effectiveness.

Agreed, if they are leaned in more than they were leaned fore and aft previously.

 

[Greg72]

Hee heee heee


You said "aft" ....

 

[70jimmy]

My front shocks are on top of the axle, and the rears are both mounted in front of the axle. iirc, anyway they both are on the same side and are inboarded way more than stock.

 

[USSkoval]

I've got the truck all together now and have put about 30 miles on it (on the road). The truck seems to ride comparable to stock, which I'm happy with considering the rear springs are 8 leaves plus the helper. It is pretty bouncy over bumps at slow speeds though, but I don't think a better shock angle would help much. It's not that bad anyway.