Coil spacers

[rkneeshaw]

pics as promised. these pics are both of the same side, just different angles.

I should point out that these pics were taken with the vehicles weight off of the suspension and the axle beams at full droop.

 

[scotts90ranger]

wow, I'm seriously glad I live on the west coast, my axle looks like new, and the caster/camber bushings just slipped out!

 

[legoms013]

I'm on the west coast too, very thankful for my rust free frame/suspension. Makes things so easy.

 

[rkneeshaw]

yes, rust is a bitch. Nothing comes apart easy on this thing anymore. She's 17yrs old with over 200k salty miles on the odometer!

 

[scotts90ranger]

there's mine

 

[legoms013]

Looks good

I think the rustiest part of my truck is the exhaust lol

 

[MountainMike]

I'm running them on my truck with no issues, plus I went right to the recommended maximum height.

 

[legoms013]

That clean rancho shock is like a lily in the desert lol.

 

[Surrey]

wow, I'm seriously glad I live on the west coast, my axle looks like new, and the caster/camber bushings just slipped out!

Yeah, my truck was always local to Vancouver... Which is very much west coast. Too bad we still get a f**load of rain, and at 330 000 km and 23 years old, just about anything starts to rust...

 

[mp3deviant721]

Just a question for you guys, how much bolt should you have sticking out after the nut is installed. I've seen guys that have the top of the bolt flush with the nut. So what are your opinions? Any good length to have sticking out?

 

[rkneeshaw]

Just a question for you guys, how much bolt should you have sticking out after the nut is installed. I've seen guys that have the top of the bolt flush with the nut. So what are your opinions? Any good length to have sticking out?

I think anything above the nut isn't helping hold anything, so as long as the stud isn't shorter than the top of the nut when fully tight, you're fine.

 

[Surrey]

I think anything above the nut isn't helping hold anything, so as long as the stud isn't shorter than the top of the nut when fully tight, you're fine.

agree'd. As long as the entire nut is threaded on there, any extra stud sticking above it isn't doing anything.

 

[Surrey]

there's mine

Looks nice. How big of a lift are you running?
Is that the skyjacker extreme pitman arm, or just a normal one?

 

[legoms013]

Its a FA600 extreme drop. Looks like 6" coils plus +1" of washers. Though I could be wrong. Somewhere around 5-6" lift...similar to mine.

I'll let him speak for himself though

Here's mine about a year ago, 4" coils and 1.25" of washers:

Now I just run the 8" coils and no washers. Works out to 6" of lift.

 

[mp3deviant721]

I think anything above the nut isn't helping hold anything, so as long as the stud isn't shorter than the top of the nut when fully tight, you're fine.

Yeah, I thought something like that would be fine. I think I will use some blue loctite to help.