Recent content by willfromutah

Well, I welded the perches back on, put on some extended brake lines, rebuilt the knuckles and it is driving great. I had an alignment done and the caster is right at 3 on each side. It handles great around town and on the freeway. I took it out to the desert last weekend and rallied old mining...

Do you still have the front control arms? Where are you in ID? Shipping to Salt Lake?

Ok, the snow finally melted enough for me to dig into the front end. Can anyone tell me if this front sway bar bracket is supposed to look like this? Did they also add an extension on here? I haven’t had luck finding a picture of the stock configuration.

Swapped the rears out with no drama. Very happy those spacers were not welded in place.

I had a hard time getting a better photo of the rear spacer but I am hopeful it is not welded to the frame anywhere. Hard to see in the picture but that bead at the top is not actually welded to the frame. It appears it may be just suck up there. Looks like they made like a metal donut and put...

Vehicle can sit for however long it needs. It’s not my daily driver so the only rush I’m in is my own excitement to get the new suspension on. I was going to start on the rear because it seemed like I could knock this out with the tools I have on hand, and then tackle the front after I can...

I do have access to a plasma cutter if need be. I have a grinder with cut off wheel so I’ll give that a go first. The small welder I can borrow does have tanks with shielding gas. So once I cut the rear spacer out, is there something I need to weld back into its place? Is there a mount like...

Thanks for all of the input, Guys. I think my plan is: 1. Take the rear springs out first and see how the spacer is attached/pray they aren't welded to the frame. I already purchased the OME 2863 rear coil springs and the 60071 Nitro charger sport shocks, IF it would be easier/necessary to...

I’m not sure how to tell if bushings or anything has been done to correct caster. This is how it looks now, seems to be angled toward the rear of the vehicle? Is this how it should look stock? 🙏

Thank you guys for the input. @mudgudgeon thanks for the confidence boost. I have actually welded a bit in the past but never anything under a vehicle. I have stick and mig welded lots of tube steel for railings but I was not concerned about heating anything up and they weren’t structural. I’ve...

Hi Kcizk, It looks like I've run into a similar problem that you had. Someone modified my spring perches and welded a spacer on similar to yours. Could you elaborate on how you cut your spacers off and reattached in stock position? Any photos of the finished product? Did you need to fully break...

Oops, didn’t attach, one of the passenger side.

Looks like both of my spring ends are facing the rear. The rear axle appears to be unmodified, the spring perches seem to be original.

Thanks for all the answers @Heckraiser Your photos are very helpful. The spring perch (now I know the real name) looks like it is angled and I can now determine from your photos that the PO welded them on with the little slot on the side of the perch pointing towards the inside of the vehicle...

Yikes…I hope it doesn’t come to that. That’s an expense I wasn’t planning on. Thanks for the input