Low Slung T
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old round fart
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Think I'd move the top mount up or the bottom down whir have ever is easier. I want more up travel than that. Hitting a rail road track at speed will use up a lot of travel.
dwsatt21
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I was backwards on this. Down travel is 2". Up travel is 2.5". Shocks go from 10-14" with the ride height being 12.5".
My mock up shocks are set at 12.5" in the pictures and the bottom is mounted in the top of the three holes on the lower shock mount. This is just for checking clearances and maybe very rare occasion when I want to sit the car lower for a show or something. For most everyday, I will have the shocks mounted in the middle hole on the lower shock mounts.
old round fart
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I think I want more down than up travel. Have a bump stop to protect your shocks.
dwsatt21
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Ran into a bit of a snag. The driveshaft bind at the front between the two yokes when the suspension squats all the way down. The pic below shows where I mean but is not representative of the binding. I have the rear end dropped all the way down in the pic.
Any one have any experience with this?
I see two options right now.
1 - adjust the pinion angle to point the rear end towards the transmission more. I'm not 100% sure this will do it. Or
2 - Break out the die grinder and do some clearancing. Not too kean on this due to the strength loss issues.
What do you guys think?
Any one have any experience with this?
I see two options right now.
1 - adjust the pinion angle to point the rear end towards the transmission more. I'm not 100% sure this will do it. Or
2 - Break out the die grinder and do some clearancing. Not too kean on this due to the strength loss issues.
What do you guys think?
choppedtop
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Looking good. Hey, I see you have a BFH, I like the way the tranny mount turned out.
In that picture you posted looks like the slip yoke is bottomed out in the trans. I could be looking at it wrong
dwsatt21
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Ron - it's not bottomed out. I have about an inch of slip. I still may be shortening the drive shaft though. If I can't figure out how to get it by to bind, I'll switch to a 4x4 slip yoke and shorten the shaft a bit.
Choppedtop - that's my go to hammer. It usually gets the job done. If not, I have bigger ones in the corner.
I'm really happy with that mount too. Way better than my last atrocity. Ha. Thanks for the compliment.
Choppedtop - that's my go to hammer. It usually gets the job done. If not, I have bigger ones in the corner.
I'm really happy with that mount too. Way better than my last atrocity. Ha. Thanks for the compliment.
gif
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nice work.
gif
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craftsman vice are crap.
get a real vice. search craigslist, the older the better...
here are some that i use.
dwsatt21
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Gif - Thanks. The craftsman vice was a gift from the inlaws a few years ago. I'll keep my eye open for a good one. Maybe I'll find one at the Carlisle swap meet this weekend. In the meantime, I have it bolted to a large piece of steel I have one my bench using the one center bolt in the bottom. I cant really put much stress on it but it will work for small stuff.
I got my loop done and tacked in. I actually reworked my jig a bit and used some flat steel that was not quite is wide. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Pic in the next post....
Next, I think I'm going to solve this driveshaft bind problem and tack in my last two body mount tabs.
I got my loop done and tacked in. I actually reworked my jig a bit and used some flat steel that was not quite is wide. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. Pic in the next post....
Next, I think I'm going to solve this driveshaft bind problem and tack in my last two body mount tabs.
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