If you have triangulated your rear shocks! How did you do it and would you do it again?


Im planning on doing it just for the rest of the season if i will see a bit softer ride. Next summer new things.

thanks
pic of stock junk that works ok

 

Going to do mine like this / \ with the lower mount on top of the rear axle and the top mount on the factory cross member with some bolts welded on for the mount. They will sit slightly tilted forward. The early mini trucks come factory like this.

 

I helped titcaca do his truck and we just drilled holes in the tubular crossmember and stuck grade 8 bolts through and welded the heads and just bolted them on...

Of course you'll probably need new weld on mounts for the axle too...

 

Molly's are like that, you should check them out in person...

 

what are the benefits of mounting your shocks this way?

thanks

 

Finally someone ask the obvious

There is no benefit.
It's about the worse way to mount a shock.
The shocks should be as outboard as possible (as close to the wheel as possible) and as vertical as possible (both looking at them from the rear and from the side). If it's a coil sprung vehicle with solid axles the shocks should be perpendicular to the lower control arms, when viewed from the side.


vwfastg60, your shock placement is very good the way it is now. That provides a lot of control for the vehicle.
If you want a "softer ride", simple get a shock that's valved softer.




Fred

 

More wheel travel for the same length shock, at the expense of damping force.

 

And much less body/frame stability...

Do it correctly and outboard the shocks. You can run a much longer shock and have all the benefits of correct shock placement.



Fred

 

outboard the shocks? Can you elaborate?

If you mount the shocks on the front side of the axle (or on the side that has the hangar, not the shackle) you can gain more wheel travel out of a shorter shock. The axle falls down and towards the hangar.

On the stock setup the pass side rear (which angles towards the shackle) extends further for the same wheel travel as the drivers side).

It's not much but its something to consider.

I was going to mount my shocks /\ but then I'd have to chop my tailpipe off and I prefer to keep it. I'll probably mess with teh shock mounts when I SAS the truck and ubolt flip the rear.

 

Here is how mine is setup.

 

i miss a pair of fresh tsls