bronco ii with 63 inch chevy springs?

[el burro]

Hey guys quick question, im wanting to gain some more rear flex and im very interested in doing a chevy 63 inch leaf spring swap. But im kinda curious has anyone done it on a bronco ii? it looks like the front hanger on a B2 is really close to the body mount, and in order to move the perch forward i would have to eliminate the body mount and kinda combined the front perch and the body mount in one... Is this a good idea or not? Does anyone else have any other bright ideas???

 

[dangerranger83]

I think thats what has to be done to do it.

 

[el burro]

ok thanks. Hey do you know how far forward it should be moved? Are their any reference points on the frame which I should use to bolt the mount further? Like how the rangers u reuse one of the original holes when moving it forward? And also will this swap increase the wheel base?

 

[dangerranger83]

Heres the link to the stuff in the tech library....

http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/May06/chevy_springs.htm

And heres a link to when I did my chevy leaf swap, aka my build thread. First few pages shows what all had to be done to do it.

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92330

 

[crawlin91]

Heres the link to the stuff in the tech library....

http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/May06/chevy_springs.htm

And heres a link to when I did my chevy leaf swap, aka my build thread. First few pages shows what all had to be done to do it.

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92330

He is asking about 63"s on a BII.

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=67934
http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=71153
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2147219/1986-ford-bronco-ii/page-2

 

[dangerranger83]

Was just showing that yes, you do have to relocate the front mount and in my build thread, you can see that.

 

[59bisquik]

I will be posting up pics within a couple weeks or so. I just ordered a set of 63" 5.5 lift springs and will stuffing the springs and my D60 under my B2 shortly!

 

[ltuck808]

Do you have the write up of the 63 swap on a b2? All I can find is the ranger stuff

 

[crawlin91]

http://www.therangerstation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=116228