Nathan's Long Travel Build

And heres the tire.

 

Are you sure those are F67's and not a Giant 64 leaf pack? You should be getting more uptravel than that if your at 52.5". What is the eye to eye measurement along the arc of the main leaf?

 

sub'd

 

Just double checked all the lengths. 52.5" spacing on frame mounts. 62" main leaf. 12" eye-to-eye shackle. This makes my head hurt. I guess I'll just have to end up moving my shackle mounts back, I see no other way of gettin more up travel.

 

Like this?



It scares me though, because I'm straightening the leaf and theres no where for it to go. I feel as though theres a lot of tension there. But it gets me to the 1/2" away like yours.



Also my leafs might be mounted about an inch farther to the rear than normal, but that shouldn't make much difference.

 

If you look in front of the axle you can see the spring is wavy, I would bet there is a lot of tension there

 

When my tires are tucked up all the way, my axle looks pretty close to yours, height wise. I guess I'll move my shackle hangers back an inch or two just to get those last couple inches of up travel nicely, I really don't want to move my front hangers. It doesn't make sense that my setup is different than EVERYONE elses.
Oh well.

 

dude, bad ass build.

sub'd

 

dude your truck is a hipster. he/she hates being like everyone else, that would be way to mainstream

EDIT: not sure if they use the word hipster in Canada. if not, you probably just think im an idiot...

 

Thanks man.

Haha I don't know what hipster means, being from the frozen north.
lol jk everything else has been fine. just this...

 

Sub for cool build

 

New plan. I think I'm going to move the front leaf hanger hole forward, rather than move my rear shackle hanger back. Looking at where my tire sits in the fender, it could probably move forward some. I'll check everything tomorrow, but it could be a good solution.

 

i wouldnt stray away from the 52.5 matt nelson on here notched his frame i believe to let the hanger move farther back for a smoother cycle ill try and find a pic

 

Ah yes, I remember. I dont think I need to notch more than an inch or 2.

 

That notch wasn't for the 12" Shackles, that was when he ran a 9" setup with F55's. So disregard that!

I'm not quite sure what's happening with yours, I don't recommend moving the hangers or pivot points at all as they have been proven to work best at 52.5" spread.

Where did you pick your leafs from orginally?

 

Well after reading this whole thread this is the comment that sums it up:

Man, way too many props to be doing this the right way.