Long Travel BS Thread

Need to adjust fittings on king coilovers so hose is not so taught, ive read breaking loose the fitting may lose some oil but not enough to cause issue, should I have tires off the ground before I try this?
I know the difference between the 2 types of fittings as well.

 

This is a good article on it. I referenced it when I needed to tweak my fittings. The bigger concern is releasing the pressure inside the shock.

https://accutuneoffroad.com/which-fitting-can-i-adjust/

 

That’s true, I could just run a tube to the cross member right behind it. But I was thinking the frame would be a better landing spot for the tube since it’s a little thicker than the crossmember material.

 

Its best if you have a way to add nitrogen to the shock. Fluid loss equals pressure loss. I've done it before without losing a drop but you really have to be careful not to loosen the fitting too much. And yes, tires off the ground.

FWIW, I use straight argon to charge my shocks. So if you have access to a tank of argon you can use that as long as you have a filler.

 

Anyone with experience with y straps. Think i could use these bolts on either side to attach? With one in the center more forward.
In most the photos ive seen almost looks like tire sticks past the upper part of the “Y” (into the tailgate).
I put other stuff farther forward and wouldn’t mind that little bit of extra weight in the rear

Could always drill new holes just curious

 

And now 3 more..

 

I imagine it’ll be fine. I have mine inverse of that (butted up against the front wall of the bed and two anchor points are along the wall) and no problems.

 

I considered doing a Y-Str

My concern with doing that is the ratchet would be towards the center of bed and I did not want a tie down point in the center of the bed. I used two Toyota part number

$37 PT278-35054 Toyota Tacoma Cargo Bed D-Ring Pair 2005 06 07 08 09 10 11

PT278-35054 tie downs mounted just behind the wheel wells and then I just use two common one inch ratchet straps criss-crossing tire from the Chaos Fab bed supports and Toyota tie downs. But mine is a short bed and where I put the Toyota tie downs may not work for you.

 

If you did it center, you could weld a tab to shock tower bar for the center strap and possibly use the two bed bolts there. Not conducive to space utilization though.

 

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Thanks i might do that in the future. Gonna steal 01dhrracers idea since I have the same bolts and save a few bucks on a strap

 

Hear is the same pic rotated 180. The way I meant to show it (not Suicyco mistake but mine). This is how I currently do it and it may change in the future. But the tie downs give me options, more so than I thought a single tie down in the center of the bed would. I also did not go with a Y-Strap and center of bed tie down point because that puts the ratchet away from the tailgate. But if you want the Y-Strap I would do three tie down points with one centered at tailgate.

 

A well tuned stock will always outperform a semi-poorly tuned LT.

 

Thanks for this link. These worked perfectly. That snap ring was a huge pain in the ass. I think if I ever have to rebuild these I’m going to sell them and buy more and shorten them as well. There is no way I’m getting that thing off.

 

dude that's very impressive work nice job. I hope i can build suspension that high quality one day for sure!

 

looks good!

Is most of that 1/4"?

What was the Arc and speeds on the plasma table?

 

Thanks man! Just slowly figuring it out myself

The internal rib and the under side of the arm is all 1/4” the rest is 3/16”

Thanks! 50amp tip, (40 amps/19 ipm) for 1/4” and (40amps/25 ipm) key is setting up feed optimization to slow the machine down in turns or doing holes.

 

yeah I haven't messed around with variable feed settings yet on mine.

what does it look like the kerf is with that tip?

 

Yeah, I’ll post some screenshots later tonite. Most of the accuracy is from that and the proper size tip. I wasted so much time trying to figure it out when the right size tip made a world of a difference.

 

I definitely still don't understand/appreciate the tip specs but hose 1/4 inch passes look so much better than what I'm doing. My air is pretty dry, but I hadn't been getting a good result with similar amp and speeds.

thanks for sharing!