Fitting 35’s with minimal trimming NOW ADDING LONG TRAVEL AND 934 CV’s

All thats left is the new shock mounts.

 

Steelit is decent at best. I had it on the back half of my frame from when I did the shock relocate. But even with blasting, it’s not as durable as everybody makes it out to be. This time around, we are going to epoxy prime and use actual automotive paint. I have had better luck with POR in the past.

 

Maybe a tad late, but I believe the spring perches should also be located slightly more outboard due to the springs being more offset from the frame. May experience accelerated bushing wear if not. Unless that double spherical bearing can account for the misalignment. Just my perspective, but someone else can verify.

 

Really, you should be able to mount the front and rear hangers and the spring falls where it falls and you center the axle off of that. Correct?

 

Correct. All said and done, they are going to be slightly more positive offset from the original location.

 

This is correct

 

@81Trekker whats the torque spec on the leaf bolts? 100ft/lbs?

 

There is a literal chart on the leaf spring in your picture. Just saying lol. Is it covered?

 

Overspray...
Also not talking about the ubolts.
The 9/16-18 grade 8 bolts through the eyelets on the leaf is what I'm talking about. Charts online say grade 8 9/16-18 fine are a torque spec of 129. Just want to confirm.

 

Oh, your picture and saying leaf bolts threw me off. You should be fine with that torque.

 

OEM spec is 89ft lbs on an M14 bolts for the eyelets. The new eyelet bolts are 9/16.

 

I failed to read lol, its my bad.

 

It’s all good. I did the same. I thought he was also talking about the u bolts.

 

I found my issue. Passenger side cab mount had come dislodged. A while back I rotated the mount to chop some more off and instead of drilling new bolt holes got a little lazy and tacked it on haha. I always had it in the back of my mind to do a relocate or rebuild it, but it went on the back burner. I’m thinking this is one of those areas where a bolt is better than a bead. But another bead it got

 

3 days down, this is where I got.

 

Nice! Looking forward to seeing this on the long bed. I plan on redoing my sua with this kit towards the end of the year, but I think I am going to run a bed cage and longer shocks.

 

The filler neck relocate has me stumped. Sent Harry a pm so we'll see. Then it's off to the races chopping the bed to fit the towers and lowering it back on.

 

Super easy with the bed off, hose stretcher from harbor freight. If they have board straighteners get one of those too, highly recommended.

 

Thanks...

 

So, when does the cantilever link setup get released? Jk. But seriously, why isn’t this a thing?