Are these brackets backwards? (pics)

airlaird · 05-18-08, 08:31 AM

Guys I got the M416 frame back from the powder coater last week and I re-installed the Leaf spring supports/brackets. The pics show 2 different widths of the supports. one bracket is rather wide..about 2 ". The other bracket is about 1.5 inches wide and has the horizontal braces in them. I can't remember which brackets go in front and which go in back...can someone enlighten me?
Thankyou
airlaird

cruzzer · 05-18-08, 09:19 AM

The top pic is the front, and the bottom pic is the back..

airlaird · 05-18-08, 12:02 PM

Sorry cruzzer..to be clear, your'e saying the LEFT photo is the front and the RIGHT photo should be the rear??
airlaird

cruzzer · 05-18-08, 01:31 PM

Sorry, on my screen they are top bottom, not side to side,, The one that is open, the spring slips into is the front, has a piece of plastic hanging. The other one is for the link and is the rear. If I had a good pic of the 416 I had I would post it, but I sold it to build a new one..

airlaird · 05-18-08, 02:08 PM

Got it....the wider support goes in front......the narrower support is the rear?
airlaird

Koffer · 05-18-08, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by airlaird

Got it....the wider support goes in front......the narrower support is the rear?
airlaird

Yes the one thats wider goes in the front as this is for the fixed end of the spring and the one big hole/tube goes in the back takes the bushings for the shackle

KY854RUN · 05-18-08, 03:13 PM

Here is a pic of the rear bracket with everything still together.

airlaird · 05-18-08, 05:55 PM

Awesome...I had them backwards...thankyou guys!!
airlaird

05-18-08, 08:31 AM	#1
airlaird IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 1,087	Are these brackets backwards? (pics) Guys I got the M416 frame back from the powder coater last week and I re-installed the Leaf spring supports/brackets. The pics show 2 different widths of the supports. one bracket is rather wide..about 2 ". The other bracket is about 1.5 inches wide and has the horizontal braces in them. I can't remember which brackets go in front and which go in back...can someone enlighten me? Thankyou airlaird Attached Images

05-18-08, 12:02 PM	#3
airlaird IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 1,087	Confused Sorry cruzzer..to be clear, your'e saying the LEFT photo is the front and the RIGHT photo should be the rear?? airlaird

05-18-08, 03:13 PM	#7
KY854RUN IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Northern Arizona TLCA# 3200 Posts: 326	Here is a pic of the rear bracket with everything still together. __________________ Kevin `85 4Runner - work in progress M416 Trailer - ukn year, rebuilt July 2007, build thread `68 FJ40 - planning stages of a build Green Country Cruisers - member Wish List - to long to post

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05-18-08, 09:19 AM	#2
cruzzer IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 62	The top pic is the front, and the bottom pic is the back..

05-18-08, 01:31 PM	#4
cruzzer IH8MUD Rookie Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 62	Sorry, on my screen they are top bottom, not side to side,, The one that is open, the spring slips into is the front, has a piece of plastic hanging. The other one is for the link and is the rear. If I had a good pic of the 416 I had I would post it, but I sold it to build a new one..

05-18-08, 02:08 PM	#5
airlaird IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 1,087	Got it....the wider support goes in front......the narrower support is the rear? airlaird

05-18-08, 05:55 PM	#8
airlaird IH8MUD Lifer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 1,087	Awesome...I had them backwards...thankyou guys!! airlaird