What's a better way to mount shocks?
#1
What's a better way to mount shocks?
I'm about to do a Ford spring swap and hoping to flip the U-bolts while I'm at it. I'd be fabricating my own spring plates, and I'm wondering if I should have the shocks attach to the spring plates, or make separate shock mount brackets to weld to the axle housing. I'll be changing my '81's stock shock style for the one-forwards/one-backwards style of newer trucks. Is one or the other method of attaching shocks to the axle preferred for some reason? Seems like the same amount of work.
#2
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search 63" chevy spring swap and you will see a better way to mount shocks.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20665
or this with shock mount http://www.nwtoys.com/content/135-ch...-swap-faq.html
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20665
or this with shock mount http://www.nwtoys.com/content/135-ch...-swap-faq.html
#3
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search 63" chevy spring swap and you will see a better way to mount shocks.
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20665
or this with shock mount http://www.nwtoys.com/content/135-ch...-swap-faq.html
http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20665
or this with shock mount http://www.nwtoys.com/content/135-ch...-swap-faq.html
OP, save yourself some time and money by grabbing the u-bolts and plates from the F-150 that you get the springs from, they're already flipped.
#5
The kind of mount you did is to the axle. Is there anything to be gained or lost by having the shock mount to approximately the top of the leaf pack, instead of at the height of the axle?
Last edited by moroza; 06-19-2012 at 05:12 PM.
#6
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There's not enough room under the bed/body to fit your shock if you mount to the top of the plate.
The best possible mounting position is paraellel with the springs and facing rearward (same direction of axle travel thru suspension cycle).
The best possible mounting position is paraellel with the springs and facing rearward (same direction of axle travel thru suspension cycle).
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http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/4R_suspe...shtml#R-Shocks
As far as welding, like Drew said, if you're only welding shock mounts don't worry about it, just don't go crazy doing 17 passes without letting it cool in between. And I would leave the gear oil in it, it's only going to help displace the heat, and you're not going to get it any hotter than you would driving down the road anyway.
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