Hockey Pucks?

[glindy]

Turning one of my Rangers into a mudder,94 ext4x. Already installed 2" lift kit and 2000 Explorer leafs,which give a nice firm ride,even with a +500lb atv in back,but also lifted the rear big time.
Question is will Hockey Pucks take the stress of being under the front coil base to level/lift it 1" in front, or will I have to do like my F250 and weld a stack of big Ag washers together under the centering base?

 

[martin]

Yes they will take the stress, the washers are better though.

 

[6.2]

Your making a mudder and using hockey pucks?



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[Rowdy Fitzgerald]

Just do it right and buy some lift coils! I'm sure you can find a set of used coils for a hundred bucks somewhere.

 

[cvar]

No, don't do it. A hockey puck is thick, but ultimately, it's a toy. It may seem strong at first, but after a few hot/cold cycles, a hockey puck starts to get brittle, cracks, and fragments into bits. I've got a bag full of 'em. We no longer want to play with it, much less rely on it for vehicle structural integrity (esp. at high speed).

 

[glindy]

OK, Thanks.
I'll look around for springs,if nothing I'll go with the steel washers under plate and weld em up. A mechanic suggested the hockey pucks to me, but seems like they would be better left to body/bed lifting not suspension.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

They would be better left on the ice....

A stack of washers welded together works like a charm.

 

[Captain Ledd]

On TTB trucks the thickness of the spacer is usually multiplied by 1.5 to get the actual lift height in relation to the tires and how the truck will sit.

 

[PlumCrazy]

Hockey pucks make nice cab mount spacers, but I wouldn't even think about using them for anything suspension related..