Long Travel BS Thread

Beefed ruff stuff u bolt plates.



Spent most of the weekend lol.

 

Looks good. I'm wanting to ditch the u-bolts on mine and weld some plate to the axle and just use regular bolts through the perches. But that's a some day sort of project when I feel like taking care of a few more little detail things as well. I've been enjoying the neglect and abuse of the truck since getting the dd 1.5yrs ago.

 

Hi all, figured I could post a quick question here as I keep trolling through the threads and reading up. In your opinions what are the low-hanging fruit/ must do in terms of reinforcement after going LT. I've got a Camburg 3.5" kitt with 35"s and I've got a little anxiety about what I might bend when I hammer down.

(would be happy to look at links if you have any to point me to as well)

 

spindle gussets
uca/ shock tower gussets
something to fix the cam tabs, marlin crawler gussets, total chaos cam tabs, or solid mount them
rear frame boxing and cross member

that is a solid start

 

great stuff, thank you.

 

if it can be gusseted, gusset it is the rule of thumb

 

The marlin gussets are awesome

 

they do seem to be a pretty good product. I have the TC gussets and after a few years of still having my alignment go out every few trips, decided to just weld the cams to the frame. Ghetto solid mounts and haven't had to get an alignment since. Steering wheel will still go ever so slightly crooked from time to time but I've checked it when it does and my alignment is still spot on so I assume its the steering rack bushings flexing or tweaking ever so slightly. Tie rods remain straight surprisingly and like I said, all alignment specs measure up just fine.

 

Yea the marlin ones are almost twice as thick as the tc ones. Really turns it into a nice double shear

 

My problem wasn't the cam having room to wiggle, it would actually spin between the tc gussets even when torqued to spec. Having heimed uppers I'm not concerned about welding the lower cams in place and its been amazing for the last year and a half not having to get an alignment every time I take the truck out.

 

Is there a running thread for people with Camburg long travel where I can pepper my similarly built counterparts with questions?

 

Finally joined the family with bypasses.

 

I have camburg

 

I do as well, and all the above mentioned gussets are on my list of what to do next.
+ a set of @solid_offroad (Instagram) motor and trans solid mounts.

 

I mean this is the ltbs thread...

 

huh, you don't rub the resi with it being a piggy back?

 

I’m running a Camburg set up with spindle gussets cam tab and coil bucket gussets all from total chaos I’m going to reinforce the actual lower control arm mounts next as a few of my friends have cracked theirs

 

Man I’m glad I saw this post I picked up that kit for 1450

 

Yeah. Old versions had that problem. I know for fact that the design flaw has been fixed at least for over a year now.

 

Well considering it just meant their jig wasn't square it should have been fixed immediately