Okay, so on my body mounts, the wall of the frame in the body mount isn't flat, where I'm going to drill for the shackle tube. I'm hoping everyone elses was like this?What did you guys do for this, anything?

see my pic. Also, I got a 1 3/4" hole saw. Any tips before I start?

 

that pic isnt very clear... you should drill in the middle of the "pocket" on the frame where the body mount is. it should be flat. want me to go take a pic of where mine is?

 

If you get the plates that come with SAS kits it will line up the hole right where it should go. The spot is not flat on any vehicle, one side of the hole saw will penetrate before the other but you should drill so that the hole is perpendicular so the bolt isn't cockeyed for the rear shackle on the leafspring. I hope that makes sense.

here you can see both plates are sloped to fit that part of the frame correctly.




edit: added pic

 

Do you know have those jigs and tubes?

FYI: I got an extra set on my used parts page for sale.

 

fixed for you

thats where i stoled the pictures from

 

that would be good. Basically what I'm saying is there's a flat location but it does not allow the jig bottom to sit flush with the bottom of the frame. Is this normal?

You can kinda see there's like a 'bridge' of plate steel, towards the left side is a circle right in the middle of the 'bridge', connecting the body mount arms together preventing the whole side of the frame to be flat, therefore the jig doesn't sit flat on the outside of the frame.

So sit the jig lower on the frame to the flat spot? I'm just afraid of it being too far down in the frame and close to the bottom.......of course I can always box it in or reinforce it

 

i just cut through mine...

 

Here is mine

 

Thanks! that's exactly what I was looking for.


Did your jig sit flush to the frame? I've got those same metal pieces on the side of the frame above your shackle.

 

I think you'll find that most of us had to deal with an imperfect bracket situation. The factory installed some extra parts in that area. For some reason they must not have anticipated the addition of a spring shackle point in the future.

Just have to be patient, and expect to brake a few bits along the way. Also, you will probably come across an additional rib of steel inside the frame... which can be a nightmare.

Ultimately, a plasma cutter or someone skilled with a torch is going to have the best time getting those holes installed. It might be an option to drive the rig to a friend or shop and have them put the holes in. That can be done and still driven with all the IFS stuff still in place.

Just a backup plan.

 

No they didn't sit flush. It was obvious where the holes were supposed to go. Just make sure the jigs are on the right side, and cut. I was lucky enough to have a plasma cutter to use so that rib inside the frame was not that big of a deal.

 

well I've got some of those craftsman carbon bits I'll put in my holesaw to get it going well. Otherwise, I have a torch but I don't really want to use it and weaken the structure of the metal.