I wish I was this clever

[Dishtowel]

The below picture is my drawing, but the perch is not my idea. I just thought i'd share it with you guys. I plan on doing this in the future.

The center pin hole size is not marked because IIRC there is different size of center pin heads, I would start with a 1/2" hole then just drill it bigger if you needed. (the two sizes I have in my head are 1/2" and 5/8")

 

[kevinsranger]

i dont get it, how does it stop wrap? just because its long?

 

[Dishtowel]

i dont get it, how does it stop wrap? just because its long?

I suppose it might be better to say that it *helps* with axle wrap, it obviously dosn't compare to a ladder bar, but yes, a longer perch will help with axle wrap.

 

[kevinsranger]

i gotta show this to my roomate, he is a shop teacher and he has cnc machines and everything that is prob needed to make this easily

 

[Dishtowel]

Just print/draw it out life size and trace it onto the plate, then torch! A shear would make this look pretty good too, snip off 6 edges. The biggest challenge it the breaking (bending). (I operate a H2O jet cutting table, and our shop has a break, I can make this look easy, lol.)

 

[kevinsranger]

Just print/draw it out life size and trace it onto the plate, then torch! The biggest challenge it the breaking (bending). (I operate a H2O jet cutting table, and our shop has a break, I can make this look easy, lol.)

haha, yea but you gotta look at it from my point of view, i give this to him and act stupid, he goes to work, and comes home with the finished product all proud of himself, and i get free perches without breaking a sweat lol.

 

[engdept]

The locating pin holes would be nice too for setting pinion angle

 

[Dishtowel]

haha, yea but you gotta look at it from my point of view, i give this to him and act stupid, he goes to work, and comes home with the finished product all proud of himself, and i get free perches without breaking a sweat lol.

lol, just show him the picture, not this whole thread, hehe

The locating pin holes would be nice too for setting pinion angle

?????? , The different holes would allow you to fuss with your wheelbase +/- 3 inches, but shouldn't change pinion angle... You have to set that when you weld them to your axle tube!

 

[kevinsranger]

lol, just show him the picture, not this whole thread, hehe

yea no question about that lol. he was already planning on making me stock ones for my explorer rear anyway, now i can just have him make these instead

 

[metalmacguyver]

The locating pin holes would be nice too for setting pinion angle

I think that he means it can adjust pinion angle by moving its location on the arc of the spring. The axle perch would stay perpendicular to the spring and would angle up when moved forward and down when moved back.

This of course would be a very bad way to adjust it.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

You may want to get a longer locating pin so when you clamp it down 3" away the mounting pad wouldn't pull out of the stock pin (just from memory mine is only about 1/2" long, it wouldnt take much. It would be easy to whip up on a drawing to test if you had the arc measurement of the springs to see for sure.

If you don't have a brake you could probably get a hunk of square tubing and hog it out with a chop saw/angle grinder to get the same basic thing without having to worry about getting it cut out and bent just right.

I am planning on going the square tubing route with mine, a lot less fuss. Just angle the ends and cut the notch for the axle tubes with a plasma cutter/torch (I am using a plasma cutter)


Looks like Inventer... fun stuff