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Project Junkie! Fishing Poor!!
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Re: HG's Adjustable Track Bar
That is mock up. I will eventualy be going with 18" or 20" rims on the back. It is sitting on paint rags in the picture. However it only looks like the shocks are below the rims, but the picture was taken from the floor looking up. They will not touch the ground when the tires are flat. I know this because my paint rags don't hold air for more than a couple of weaks..lol WES
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Re: HG's Adjustable Track Bar
lots of cool info here
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Location: Hoytsville, Utah
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Re: HG's Adjustable Track Bar
I am so going to build one of these. I've been debating which way to go and this just decided it. Very cool, HG!
Here are a couple pictures of my mock-up bar. I was going to use this to get things where I wanted them, then build a non-adjustable bar. I have a 3 1/2" drop. This is a turn buckle we use to straighten foundation walls after we pour: ![]() I just cut it off and welded a couple of pieces of 1/2" pipe to the ends: ![]() (this is the one place I recommend using Chinese pipe-American has thicker walls and the bolt won't go through ![]() ![]() ![]()
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the 67 up mounts are plenty strong |
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Location: hingham ma
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but the mount wasn't/isn't the issue the cause is from lack of care.. like a emmissions converter, they don't fail, they are killed from something else up stream.. |
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Using Autocad Inventor Pro Last edited by lakeroadster; 04-27-2011 at 08:23 PM. Reason: Deleted discussion pertaining to lower shock bracket |
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shocks don't hold up the truck.. air shocks and spring helper shocks are what kills 99% of mounts, yes the older set up is better never siad it wasn't.. but the 67-72 don't fail because of an engineering point.. it's use'n shocks as springs (air or spring helper shocks) or a locked up shock (frozen or bent ) not the mount.. |
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thats fine..
but I gotta ask, why do you think a load in the bed (say for sh and giggles 1000lb) adds load to the shock.. the wheel/trail arm/rearend isn't any heavier. nor did the spring rate change.. shock is only controlling the spring that didn't change.. it's still so many lb per inch load only lowered the travel some.. what am I missing.. yes if you add shock valving that is set up for a 4 by 4 or to run a road course , then ya, it stress the mount more than the engineers ever though of.. never mind the fact they never engineered the trucks to last 40+ years.. just wondering your take on all this.. |
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Re: HG's Adjustable Track Bar
Could you guys continue the debate via PM? I've been thread jacked.
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Sorry HG, My bad. Didn't mean to muddy your thread.
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