How did you preload your springs since they are not adjustable?I fabbed my own ill try to get pic and details up Monday ... next day off so ... I got all angles covered axle angle when they bind , center to center hole for how much lift you want . preloading the dual rate springs and how much you would need.
Like the work and great description. Did you weld the front lift brackets or does the curve keep them from moving?View attachment 435 View attachment 436 View attachment 437 View attachment 438 hope this make shift print helps im not the best in a hurry lol... well the spacer for my preload is a 1 1/2 inch 95 wall cage tube cut half inch and slotted I found it to be perfect ride for me ... the rear lift plates are on the outside of the stock brackets . used a piece a pipe in-between stock mount for anti crush and washers on the top mounts on the inside of plates to compensate for the thickness of stock mounts. the front mounts are little tricky because of the rounded perch but with little cardboard can perfect ... now with the front I mounted both plates in front of the stock mount so I didn't need washers but still used anti crush pipe. the shock holes are 1 1/2 center to center to give roughly 3in lift ... 1 inch center to center gave 1 3/4 lift ... with the 3 inch lift my rear axles sit with 27 degree axle angle ... did more lift but found I had started to get axle bind at 30 degrees ... front is good with it not even close to binding I have 980 miles on the rig and no issues yet and I disassemble everything and go thru it to see what parts are gonna fail nothing yet so... hope this helps im sure I forgot something .. ?s let me know... cheers
Yamacat... Would u consider making those plates and sellin em?the curve and the smaller bolt... and thanksoh and no I didn't weld it ... I make everything so it can be removed and put back to stock if needed.
Do you have a diagram on the Front plates you made i like what you have done and trying to see i can get some of my machinist to make me some.View attachment 435 View attachment 436 View attachment 437 View attachment 438 hope this make shift print helps im not the best in a hurry lol... well the spacer for my preload is a 1 1/2 inch 95 wall cage tube cut half inch and slotted I found it to be perfect ride for me ... the rear lift plates are on the outside of the stock brackets . used a piece a pipe in-between stock mount for anti crush and washers on the top mounts on the inside of plates to compensate for the thickness of stock mounts. the front mounts are little tricky because of the rounded perch but with little cardboard can perfect ... now with the front I mounted both plates in front of the stock mount so I didn't need washers but still used anti crush pipe. the shock holes are 1 1/2 center to center to give roughly 3in lift ... 1 inch center to center gave 1 3/4 lift ... with the 3 inch lift my rear axles sit with 27 degree axle angle ... did more lift but found I had started to get axle bind at 30 degrees ... front is good with it not even close to binding I have 980 miles on the rig and no issues yet and I disassemble everything and go thru it to see what parts are gonna fail nothing yet so... hope this helps im sure I forgot something .. ?s let me know... cheers
Id like to see what you did in the rear , if you say its stronger I might have to switch mine.Not sure, I looked around on line to see what company offer what, and what they look like, then I looked on here and found the blueprint on this forum, and ended up sitting down and designing my own. I used the triangle type front piece but went a different route on the rear which I believe will be stronger.