Should I??

[CopyKat]

 

[84projectFORD]

I was talking to lilwhiteranger on car domain!

uh ok


I like the setup your thinkin of, jsut make sure those shocks aint gunna swing forward or back as the springs move up and down, or side to side when flexin .

 

[CopyKat]

That is a rough sketch of what I am planning.

Don't worry i always think of those kinda things ahead of time.

 

[87xjmike]

uh ok


I like the setup your thinkin of, jsut make sure those shocks aint gunna swing forward or back as the springs move up and down, or side to side when flexin .

that made no sense-
Shocks will move with suspension travel, no way around it. You just have to anticipate that into your build.

 

[84projectFORD]

that made no sense-
Shocks will move with suspension travel, no way around it. You just have to anticipate that into your build.

Well let me explain it a bit better then. Yes the shock will move with the suspension, thats it job but then whole shock can rotate, Im talkin about the holes (or the tube shown) for the shocks to be put into . as i show in the picture below, as teh suspension compresses the shock itsself will rotate toward the front of the truck. This is why you can not jsut drill the a hole the size of the shock, it will either bend it or oval out the hole in this particular setup.

Now if the shock is in plane with the suspension movement you can get away with not having to make an oval hole. Now this does not mean the shock needs to follow that line i drew, that is for visualization. it can be mounted other ways to not cause the shock to rotate, jsut takes time and lots of suspension cycling.

If that dont make sense, im not sure what will

 

[CopyKat]

Not entirely true. Yes the shock will move. That CAD image was a rough image and not all the detail is there.

The suspension travel on a shackle flip is much different than that of what you posted.

As the spring flattens the arc length of the spring between the front mount and axle will grow, pushing the axle back as it cycles up. The line is exagerated but you get the idea.This is why tipping the back will give a better 1:1 shock ratio. For every inch of uptravel the shock will compress close to 1". Same goes for rebound.