Long Travel BS Thread

Yup he sometimes comes around and talks in the 5 lug section. The biggest hindrance is the front suspension and very limited aftermarket support

 

TC makes a LT kit right?

Edit: yep

 

Did make a kit and it was also like 3K before shocks. I know lt costs some money but there are no used parts and Id rather try to make my own and learn.

 

Yeah probably not a lot of those kits floating around to scoop up used lol

 

Two new things in this photo... snow and @ARCHIVE garage's fabricated shackle hangers. Very impressed with the build quality on these things and the mounting positions possible that make SOA and SUA applications possible. Great option for anyone building multi-use / expo trucks on SOA or SUA leaf packs.

For years I have been unhappy with the lower ride height that I got with the defined SUA kit on stock shackle hangers, especially when I put my RTT on. Was considering a drastic measure (switching to air shocks instead of my bypasses) to get the rear end up 1-2" but ended up breaking my stock shackle (completely snapped in half). I called archive garage to see if they made anything and I got lucky with my timing. These let me run the front end up where it should be, both for clearance, being centered in the travel of the suspension, and for proper alignment being possible without having the front end in bro lean mode.

These will be available for sale very soon and some more detailed photos will be out as well.

 

Why would you keep the stock orientation and not do a shackle flip?

 

He's sua.

 

So am I and I have a shackle flip

 

Rewriting my response - figured I wouldn't be lazy and tag @jberry813 to give the answer so I read some of his stuff and going off of what I heard elsewhere lol.

You want more uptravel from the springs hooking onto your truck higher. The shackle flip gets your leaves flat and reverse arched in the area of travel they would be still smiling a little with inverted shackles. Basically from what I understand is you want more smiley through the range of travel to be smiley at high speeds and getting smooth rides.

 

This....shackle flips aren’t the way to go with these trucks.

 

Thanks Chase, very happy to have the new hangers on your truck, I think you'll give them a thorough thrashing with the gravel roads you drive on. You're the only one I know who has ripped a stock hanger in two.

 

So more smiley equals more smileys...got it. I'll have a look at it whenever I do 63s. Maybe even @ARCHIVE will have them readily available by then. But for now I really need to focus on the front.

 

Met with Geoff and he told me the pinion angle is the issue also that my driveshaft needs to be shortened and add a slip yoke from the axle side. He then recommended me to go visit oc driveline and Ray there was really honest and said the pinion angle is fucked up and the perches will need to be removed to adjust the pinion angle to 1 or 2 degrees before they can work on the driveshaft. Do you think my fabricator should charge me to redo this work and get it done properly ?

 

If he charges you, I'd find a new fabricator. Hell you should already find a new fabricator. He should have told you before he returned the truck that you would need driveshaft work just like I previously had told you, you would.

 

I'd consider carefully between him doing it wrong again for free and paying someone to do it right this time. @jeffz0rz won't mess this up - he's in SD county. @Speed Freek is in Vista and could do it if he has time as well. I didn't want to put this on your fabricator sight unseen, but I kind of felt like that was where this was going based on his specs and what people have been getting good results with on here. It'll be nice to have a rebuilt driveshaft once the pinion angle is set correctly - things should ride smooth after that!

 

Would agree!

 

That's about as much of a Ridgeline as a NASCAR race car is a Ford Taurus though - feel better? lol

 

These two little tubes were a real pain in the ass to make lol

 

Bamf just released a new shackle hanger too