A Coil Spacer Question

[crawlin91]

I fabbed up some washer coil spacers.

Will I have problems with my alignment or ride if I simply leave them loose on the axle beam as shown in the picture????

If so I have a washer I can weld to the top of each spacer on both sides that closely matches the radius arm stud and would keep it from moving around. So will it work or should I put the washers on????

 

[railman]

as long as you tighten the retaining nut for the coil spring down, they will be "captured" ....

so, no you shouldn't have any issues with alignment or ride....

l8r, John

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

That is how mine are, have been that way for 5 years now with no problems.

 

[crawlin91]

cool that saves me a little work. thanks guys

 

[Beefy'sB2300]

Just wondering what is the max thickness of spacers you can use without lengthing the stud? I run CNC mills at work and could make my own solid ones. Any info would be great thanks.

 

[railman]

if ya gonna try for max.......

simply go out to your truck and measure from the top of the beam to the top of the stud and subtract the thickness of the nut and washer minus another 1/8" so ya have at least a thread showing.....

but pretty much the most anyone ever does is 2" to make sure there are no alignment issues

l8r, John

 

[4x4junkie]

Its just under 1.25" max thickness and still have usable thread engagement on the nut (for full thread engagement I believe 1" is max thickness).

A 1.25" spacer provides just under 2" total lift and is probably about as high as you'd want to go anyway. Much above that and you may not be able to pull the camber alignment back into spec.

 

[BOL]

What size washer are you using? what year is it for? Are you making coil spacers? reason for ?'s I want to do the same thing. Thanks

 

[88_Eddie]

What size washer are you using? what year is it for? Are you making coil spacers? reason for ?'s I want to do the same thing. Thanks

^^
X2

 

[BOL]

gotcha

 

[crawlin91]

check the link here, same thing I did. the ones I used (4 washers per side)were just a little thicker then the ones in the example, raising my truck about about an inch in the front end. I didnt find anything big enough at home depot or ace. I ended up getting them from fastenal.
http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/WasherCoilSpacers.htm

 

[Beefy'sB2300]

Its just under 1.25" max thickness and still have usable thread engagement on the nut (for full thread engagement I believe 1" is max thickness).

A 1.25" spacer provides just under 2" total lift and is probably about as high as you'd want to go anyway. Much above that and you may not be able to pull the camber alignment back into spec.

So i was just want to get this right if i make a 1.25" spacer it will give me a total of 2" lift? and still have enough threads to tighten it down.

 

[4x4junkie]

The ratio of lift to spacer thickness is approximately 1.5:1. This means a 1.25" thick spacer should get you right about 1-7/8" lift.

 

[Beefy'sB2300]

I am making my own spacers out of a solid bar just wanted to see if it would be ok if i was to put a 1.375" counter bore it the bottom and drill all the way thru just for the stud for strength reasons. Just wondering if anyone could tell me how deep i would need to make it. To have enough relief or maybe i need to go all the way thru any imput would help thanks.

 

[legoms013]

i got mine from grainger industrial supply, comes in a box of twenty and they are just over 1/8" each thinckness