Okay, Im getting it now. It makes more sense. That is great that the coilovers are adjustable. I can see how that makes things a little bit easier to get everything dialed in perfectly.

Hey Rocktoy, are those budbuilt spring hangers or did you make your own? Also, How did you find shackles to start at the toyota frame width and go wider to 3" for the chevy springs?

Im planning on doing the chevy spring swap myself in the future.

 

Made the hangers out of channel, pretty easy. The shackles um, been hanging around my shop for like 4-5 years and went to use them to mock up and damn if they didn't work! They are the same size on both ends, I'll just have to make some misalignment spacers up on the johnny joint side. Used johnny joints because they were laying around and had to elevate them so I could avoid using a block on the axle. If they don't work well I'll take them off and try somthing else.

Steve

 

I guess my question is where do you get hardware for the 63" chevy's?

(hangers, u-bolts, spring plates, perches, shackles, bushings)

 

hangers-build or order from Sky or others
Ubolts-have em made locally or buy a U bolt flip kit
Spring plates-build or again buy flip kit
Perches-Marlin, and others sell em
Bushings-Napa or order poly busings online
You can usually score a flip kit off pirate for pretty cheap thats where I found mine, was cheaper then getting the u bolts made and buying the steel for the plates

 

Yeah, Im looking to buy. I don't have any tools to cut, grind or drill through metal.

 

Made rear shackles shock mounts and frame crossmember, talked to pmp today, knuckles will be here tomorrow. Then we can finish the steering and panhard and the front will be done. Probably start to work on brakes tomorrow. Also made up ubolt flip kit.

 

Lookin real good.

 

Just wondering, but why did you make the upper and lower shock mounts parallel to eachother...as in the eyes are looking in the same direction. Wouldn't the shock have greater mobility if the uppers were mounted perpendicular to eachother?

Also, what about that gap between the shackle hanger and the shackle? Are you just going to put some washers inbetween?

Its looking very nice though!

 

how did i miss this thread before... this is a sweet build up. it take a perosn wiht some Testicular fortitude to start hacking away at a new truck.

 

wanna build me one next ;great:

excellent work

 

The shock mounts are based on my old rig, same setup and with misalignment spacers they never had any binding issue. The ball type joint in the shocks seem to have enough movement to allow for the movement of the axle back under compression. I'm not sure but I think it might cause more of a binding issue mounted the other way. If it causes problems I'll fix it... trial and error. As for the shackles, I made misalignment spacers, pics are from final mock up.
Thanks for the compliments guys.
Worked on the panhard bar today, my truck sits low so its kind of tight under there. Should have it done tomorrow. Cant wait to finish and wheel........

 

Update, had the front end mocked up, panhard frame mount clearance with the drag link has made me move the axle about 1.5" farther forward, slowing progress. I'm trying to keep the panhard as long as possible and have been able to keep it parallel with the drag link. I mounted my panhard high, keeps roll center high, which gives the feeling of more stability side hilling etc, but if it goes, it goes all at once! I've mocked up the front end many times now. Slow process. Oh yeah, pinched fox coilover line tonight, another thing to slow me down. Front frame height is going to be under 30" at ride height, what I was shooting for. One good thing.....

 

Onward.... man its tight under there
Finished panhard bar mounts, have a temporary panhard bar in, have to make the real one now. Chromos and ujoints will be here wed. Steering measurements called in to independent 4x so I can get final tierod and drag links in place. Got my 2 transfer case levers in and hooked trans shifter back up. Going to have to modify the crawler box shifter to have it come out in the stock location. Both driveshafts done, just need to put them in.

 

This is where I am now, she is running & driving. Playing hell bleeding the brakes, mushy pedal, adjusted the emergency brakes, bleeding it again :mad:
Did lots of searching.... no clear cut answer. Here are some pics

 

holy crap thats awesome.

 

What I wanna see is you flexed up on that Grand Cherokee sitting on 20's...

 

SWEEEEEEEEEEET!!

I can't believe that I've missed this thread completely. What you did to mount your rear shocks is a great solution to maintaining pressure on the bed at that location with a BL. I may borrow that idea if I find myself hauling heavier loads.

And I thought that my buildup was extensive...YEESH! Yours is amazing!

 

Those are some beautiful welds on the first page!
What are the specs/settings of your machine?
IE wire size, speed, power, etc.


Kick ass build!

 

I am sure you mentioned it but I am too lazy to read 3 pages.... are you bobbing the bed sides next on that thing. I have a Dcab as well and it's on my todo list, I'd love to see your finished product

 

'relative' to what??

it looks awesome!