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well i fried the POS harbor freight grinder so ill take a break and post some questions and info.
i took a set of mid 80's f250 rears and cut them in half(using the longside). cut into the bottom of the frame(frenched) the thickness of the spring pack and welded in a 3.5x3.5x.250wall chunk for them to sit in. they mount just like a normal leaf on a spring perch with holes on both sides for the centerpins. i used square ubolts around the frame to secure them to u bolt plate under the packs.
my links are triangulated lowers of 1.75x.250 DOM, 45" long 35-36" spread at the axle housing on poly bushings, and 7/8" heims under the Tcase flange about 11" apart. the upper is a wishbone about 33" long of the same tubing with poly bushing at the frame and a 1 1/4" heim at the housing. its about as wide as it is long, since it sits just inboard of the frame rails. the verticle seperation at the axle housing mounts are about 10" and the frame mounts are about 7-8" apart, but about 12" apart horizontally when looking from the side,as the lowers are longer.
to be honest, i dont know what the fawk im doing, im just copying ideas from many on here and some pointers i got from a VERY friendly frankie fountain(hes building that 4 seater sniper type rig in the general section).
im assuming everything should work out regarding antisquat and rear steer as the links are sumwhat long, triangulate and have a gentle angle up to there mounts from the axle as my suspension is quite low when compared to many. i compromised on clearance for flatter links as weel, the mounts for the lowers are as low as the Tcase crossmember...
pics would be worth a thousand words right about now, but i dont have the links mounted and need a tube bent for the wishbone mount at the housing, and need to call a friend to see if i can get my heim adapters TIGed into the tubing...
any feedback? questions, comments or snide remarks
zags, can you describe the system your building....
i took a set of mid 80's f250 rears and cut them in half(using the longside). cut into the bottom of the frame(frenched) the thickness of the spring pack and welded in a 3.5x3.5x.250wall chunk for them to sit in. they mount just like a normal leaf on a spring perch with holes on both sides for the centerpins. i used square ubolts around the frame to secure them to u bolt plate under the packs.
my links are triangulated lowers of 1.75x.250 DOM, 45" long 35-36" spread at the axle housing on poly bushings, and 7/8" heims under the Tcase flange about 11" apart. the upper is a wishbone about 33" long of the same tubing with poly bushing at the frame and a 1 1/4" heim at the housing. its about as wide as it is long, since it sits just inboard of the frame rails. the verticle seperation at the axle housing mounts are about 10" and the frame mounts are about 7-8" apart, but about 12" apart horizontally when looking from the side,as the lowers are longer.
to be honest, i dont know what the fawk im doing, im just copying ideas from many on here and some pointers i got from a VERY friendly frankie fountain(hes building that 4 seater sniper type rig in the general section).
im assuming everything should work out regarding antisquat and rear steer as the links are sumwhat long, triangulate and have a gentle angle up to there mounts from the axle as my suspension is quite low when compared to many. i compromised on clearance for flatter links as weel, the mounts for the lowers are as low as the Tcase crossmember...
pics would be worth a thousand words right about now, but i dont have the links mounted and need a tube bent for the wishbone mount at the housing, and need to call a friend to see if i can get my heim adapters TIGed into the tubing...
any feedback? questions, comments or snide remarks
zags, can you describe the system your building....
