Moving the axle forward

[Mbxmitch]

Pretty strait and simple I'm trying to mount a Dana 44 about 1 1/2" forward but I'm stuck at this stupid hump on the driver side frame rail .
I really do not agree with spacing the coil buckets a hole two inches so how can it be done? I am spacing them 1 inch with welded on plate

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Remove the hump from the frame or shape the coil bucket around it.

 

[Nutz-N-Boltz]

Just build your lower coil brackets to sit 1.5 inches further rearward on the radius arm. Braced accordingly of course......

 

[PlumCrazy]

Just build your lower coil brackets to sit 1.5 inches further rearward on the radius arm. Braced accordingly of course......

This works awesome...also gives the axle a little mechanical advantage to compress the coil.

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[PlumCrazy]

Here is the post from my build when i did mine.


The XJ coils sit perfect in the EB style seats, so I didn't have to start from scratch. To get my coils to sit straight I had to move the lower mounts back 1.5" which conveniently is the bolt spacing on the lower mount. So I moved the mount back so that the front hole was using the hole in the RA.

On the pass side I had to turn the lower seat 180 to clear the offset built in to allow the seat to sit flat.

Then I added a block to the arm an drilled and tapped a hole under the rear hole in the mount

I added same 1/4" plate around the block to support the lower seat.

Made some bump stops that bolt on with 1/2" bolts.

The coils went from 22.5" unloaded to 16" loaded, so by the time I add the rubber isolator in I will be sitting about 3" lower up front.

When the wheel starts to stuff the extended wheelbase really shows.lol

The coil sits straighter than this at ride. The EB coils always had huge arch in them since my lower seat was too far forward and the RBV buckets didn't allow them to sit right anyway.

-PlumCrazy


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[Mbxmitch]

Plum crazy I think I will do what you did there it seems like a pretty simple rout .
Thank you

 

[bobbywalter]

matching the lower seat angle to the bucket angle helps with the bow as well.

 

[PlumCrazy]

matching the lower seat angle to the bucket angle helps with the bow as well.

There is no bow when the full weight of the truck is on it. It was drooped a little in the pic.

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[Mbxmitch]

@plumcrazy!

Thanks for this idea I just got finished doing it .

My new problem is I forgot witch radius arm goes on witch side .

 

[Mbxmitch]

It's not nearly as clean or perfect as yours but I had my welder friend ready to do some work finally so I was stuck with limited time and resources

 

[Mbxmitch]

Now I am running into a new problem. I can't move the radius arm foward bc of that lip on the frame. I know for sure that should not be cut

 

[Mbxmitch]

Can someone post a pic so I can see what radius arm is right and left

 

[PlumCrazy]

My arms are extended

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[Mbxmitch]

**** I mounted it up and the hole axle sat far to the left I know it will move without a trac bar set up but this is crazy .