What the heck is a full width hanger for, a hanger that puts the spring mounts out further on the sides.. Why? I did a search, found nothing really, cept "dana 60" swaps, lol. Nothing mentioning full width hangers. Also, dropped hanger, what for, more lift, or does it help the suspension work better some how with the hanger dropped?

Sky has the stuff i'm talking about... that's what makes me wonder... i just saw it.

http://www.sky-manufacturing.com/

"Now Available is our 2 inch drop front hanger. We can provide these in either a standard width or full width conversion."

Can anyone shed some light on this for me plz?

 

I'm just taking a guess...But I'm assuming standard width would be with the stock toyota axles which are a lot shorter than the fullwidth axles. Which ya know...fit the "full width conversion hanger" part.

Other than that I have no idea lol.

 

A full width hanger is exactly that. It is for doing a solid axle swap with a full width axle.

You can use a regular hanger to hang a full width axle, but you have to cut and reweld the perches.

With a full width hanger, it is wider, so that you can use the stock perches on the axle.

 

ok... so what about the rear section of the springs, where they bolt to the chassis... you cant' make that go out wider, so what, the springs are just cockeyed out??

 

Sweet I was somewhat right! Actually I was pretty sure about what I was saying, but I didn't know exactly how to say it. Thanks for clarifying.

 

Good Grief.

Can you imagine that working in the slightest?

You use an offset shackle. As I'm sure you saw in their full width kit.

 

well that's what i was wondering, i'm like wtf how the hell would that work. then i thought today at work wait, offset hanger. alll makes sense now.

durh.. i feel dumb as heck.

Why would you want the mount lower though? more lift?

 

yup more lift

 

More lift, yes. But also more clearance for the steering pitman arm:
- http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...ringHangerDrop

and also helps correct the caster angle change dues to a longer than stock spring shackle. So if you run say a 2" longer than stock shackle and a 2" spring hanger drop, there is no caster angle change on the front axle.

 

ahhh ha.. i see. Very interesting, ty for letting me know all this guys.

... now.. what about the rear axle if your going full width.. screw it? Or .. is there stuff for that application as well?

 

for my full width rearend i used the toyota rear kit from allpro and its seems to work

 

cool cool, thanks.