Leaf Spring Idea

[midget]

How much lift would inboarding leafs to under the frame cause? I would like to ditch my 3"blocks and move my Ranger springs under the frame and hook the shackles to a half spring like this for a cheap revolver setup...

Any Ideas on how it would work or if its worth the effort. Ive got a few sets of Ranger/b2 Leaves laying around to cut and use sooo

Also would Bronco 2 leaves be softer?

 

[JohnnyU]

Inboarding the springs might not actually net you any lift at all, depending on how you build hanger brackets.

The 3/4 elliptical setup you have there isn't worth the time spent for fabrication, IMO. Revolver shackles and similar setups don't perform well in real off-road terrain. They're more "designed" for ramp queens.

Edit: Just like the shock setup on that Toyota you posted above....

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Yea buggy leafs like that are pretty much a waste of time and effort. Same with having shocks on a 45* angle like that...

 

[powerwagon]

Yea buggy leafs like that are pretty much a waste of time and effort. Same with having shocks on a 45* angle like that...

it is not a wast of time... the angle we mount the shock creates a difference between wheel travel and shock travel and it can be fine tuned to wut you need by moving the tops out or in changing the angle.http://www.pirate4x4.com/tech/billavista/coilovers/Part_1/
this is very good stuff dodge trucks came at a inboarded 45 like that in the 70s-93

 

[JohnnyU]

The Dodge's may have had them mounted that way (Jeep XJ's did for a while as well), but they are only about 50% effective compared to vertically mounted shock absorber. The best practice is using the longest possible (based on up travel & down travel) shock absorber mounted as close to vertical as practical.

 

[powerwagon]

i did mine at 55 because the 12" travel shocks i have are a little on the stiff side. leaning them in take some of it out. Plus im runing with out a bed(planin a dove tail)and inbourd worked out for me.

 

[midget]

Im just trying to get some flex outta this ranger b/c the majority is just frame flex and its down right pathetic my rear tire comes off the ground when the front is raised 2 feet with the ttb. With no bed on my truck I need to get some softer springs as well soo Im not sure if the 64/63" chevy springs would be a good idea. As for shocks Im not mounting them at a crazy angle but there will be some angle to account for rear axles movement b/c I will be using a rubber bushing shock and mounting them straight up would be a bad move. Im trying to figure this out so I can address the rear suspension as soon as I get the SAS done.