1 ton sas soon, need advice.

[ranger8689]

those look pretty nice, were your spring pads 37.5 on center like the newer 60's?

Mine is 36.5. i maybe wrong, but i thought the newer ones(early 2000) were the same. it doesn't matter with these brackets though. they can add half an inch to each side no problem. here is a link to the web sit.
https://www.4wdfactory.com/store/products.php?product=Full-Sized-Shackle-Flip-Kit
I was wrong on the price as well. They are 180 including the shackle. they originally built them to do f350 rear shackle flips. so they are plenty strong.

 

[FROADER]

Trim back the cast on the drivers side so you have room for a link/shock mount.

And then use these...

http://www.ballisticfabrication.com/Axle-link-coilover-mount_p_1452.html

This with C/Os gets my vote. Mostly because it's what I'll be doing.

 

[RangerSVT]

Did you heat up your inner C to get it on like you were talking about?? How did that work out for you??
SVT

 

[Bray D]

Did you heat up your inner C to get it on like you were talking about?? How did that work out for you??
SVT

I'm sure he'll come in and answer, and I can't find where he said it, but I remember reading where he said he tossed it in an oven or something. He was able put it on with some light taps from a hammer. Measured, measured, tacked, measured, welded.

 

[kris97ranger]

It was a bbq and he used welding gloves to grab it its in his thread

 

[Bray D]

Yep, that was it. I didn't want to say a grill and sound like a dumbass. haha

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Wife woulda killed me if I tossed it in the oven. I put the BBQ on high and tossed the inner C on it while I prepped the housing. I would suggest a couple pairs of welding gloves as I made it about halfway across the yard to the shop before it started to burn through a single pair of gloves. It went on pretty easy, would have been even easier if I would have left it longer (I've heard about an hour will do) but I was impatient.

 

[kris97ranger]

Bring the bbq into the shop lol then you dont have to hold onto the c for as long