80 shock thread - familiar territory could use update

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AutoCraft Aus said:
shocks is an easy one.

410mm front comp

395mm rear.
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Assuming a 22" free height coil giving a 3" lift, these would be perfect with a 12" stroke and a small (1") bump stop in rear. Am I right??? My numbers may be off but I'm thinking this an awesome set-up! (Please correct me if I'm wrong!)
 
according to Slee, the 4 inch coils are 510 mm and the progressive heavy 520mm free height.
 
LFD2037 said:
Assuming a 22" free height coil giving a 3" lift, these would be perfect with a 12" stroke and a small (1") bump stop in rear. Am I right??? My numbers may be off but I'm thinking this an awesome set-up! (Please correct me if I'm wrong!)
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We run a 30mm [1 1/4"] rear bump spacer, 12" stroke front and rear with the 24" front [made to trim to suit diesel of petrol, no winch and bar, winch and bar etc] and a 22" rear coil free height, with 12" stoke shock.

Thats our slinky long travel kit, with sway bar spacers and brackets, brake lines, caster correction, we have been doing since 2005 as a bolt in arrangement.

To go longer, you have to move up the front mounts, and cut holes in the floor in the rear, or go bigger bump spacers.

Thats the aim on the next one, to move the top mounts up, and bring the rears through the floor under the drawer set platform, to run 14s at std height, and go bigger tyres for the lift.

40s would be like a 4" lift with standard tyres.

I will need some new cutting wheels for the grinder, tips for the plasma cutter, and some panel mig wire.
 
AutoCraft Aus said:
We run a 30mm [1 1/4"] rear bump spacer, 12" stroke front and rear with the 24" front [made to trim to suit diesel of petrol, no winch and bar, winch and bar etc] and a 22" rear coil free height, with 12" stoke shock.
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Is this spring/shock combo available for us in the USA? Seems you could profit really good right now by selling that kit here with the $ exchange rate right now. We'd get a killer deal and you'd make a killing!
 
@AutoCraft Aus I would like to know how you are getting those 28" shocks to exstend all the way out? Are the Slinky coils able to push down the front axle that extra 4"?
Also how are you preventing the tie rod hitting the control arm issue that happens at 27" measured at shock while in tight turns for the bolt up kits?
 
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bluecruiser said:
Pretty sure it has to do with being under the equator.
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Yep. Driving around upside down on the wrong side of the road; those Aussies are capable of darn near anything. :hillbilly:

I thought Australians referred to all springs as "slinkys," but then I also believed in drop bears for an hour or so. Hoop snakes, too. :oops:
 
Yes we will have the slinky long travel kits available in the USA very shortly.

Our shock length bottoms the tie rod pretty much at the last part of travel, though we do have extra travel ball joints in our HD steering arms.

Fixing the steering arm from touching I think I already documented about strapping the axle down with a ratchet strap while on the drive on hoist, and using a bottle jack under the bolton part of the steering arm to bend it up slightly for clearance, when it has lots of caster added by the diff mounts.

The arm are forged and bend pretty easy.

Getting the shock stroke is possible when your truck is 6000lb plus LOL.

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And for reference, in Aus have the steering wheel on the RIGHT side. :steer::smokin:

in the USA you have it on the WRONG side. :meh::steer:
 
You cant argue with the fact we have the wheel on the right side.... really :p
 
X4 : )
 
Hopefully they are on a boat coming our way...
I also hope the US market will embrace this needed product & the exchange rate is in our favor.
 
So sitting on the bumpstops, the shock mounting length is 410mm or 16.14" and the rear is 395mm or 15.55"?

Hmmm that is interesting. I was talking to King about making a custom 2.5" shock that was 2" shorter than stock at extra cost over their OEM size, but if sitting on the bumpstops their existing OEM line is still not the limiting factor since they are 15.343" front and 15.686" rear I don't have to pay the custom fee. As long as I don't want to raise the bumpstops in the future....



AutoCraft Aus said:
shocks is an easy one.

410mm front comp

395mm rear.
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scottryana said:
So sitting on the bumpstops, the shock mounting length is 410mm or 16.14" and the rear is 395mm or 15.55"?

Hmmm that is interesting. I was talking to King about making a custom 2.5" shock that was 2" shorter than stock at extra cost over their OEM size, but if sitting on the bumpstops their existing OEM line is still not the limiting factor since they are 15.343" front and 15.686" rear I don't have to pay the custom fee. As long as I don't want to raise the bumpstops in the future....
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Even better, I believe those are even compressed measurements. Just to reference my L shocks front & rear measure 15.25" compressed. I use stock bumps in front, but rear is spaced down 1.25".
 
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Was eagerly ready to buy a kit for my new rig and came here. Pfffheeew looks like I need to wait a weeee bit longer. Looking for updates when available
 
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