drop brackets for caster correction and moves wheel forward

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Got bored this weekend and fabed up some drop brackets for caster correction 2 inch drop and also moved front forward an inch. Already have OME bushings trying to get ready for 4" lift have 2" now. Thought others might be interested in this. If any more corection is needed probably fab up some caster plates.
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Thats pretty slick. What lift are you running?
 
I did something similar.
I already have castor plates.
I did move my axle forward about 3/4" using a fabbed up bracket.
I have about 4" of lift.
I got the idea from a thread called Project Roobi buy an aussi I think Landtank turned me onto it.
search it was a decent write up.
 
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Just running a lift I made right now 3 5/8 spacer on front over bump stop gave me 2" lift with winch and bumper and 1" spacer on rear with 3" body lift. Trying to decide on springs right now to get 3.5 to 4" on front and 3.5 on rear cant decide to drop $600 on FOR or go a cheaper direction, but probably go FOR because Id always be wondering what if.
 
Kinda looking for some feedback on this. Has any one done this. If so any negative or posotve thoughts.
 
This is similar to the Man-A-Fre Castor Correction Plates 80 Series Caster Correction They don't move the axle forward, but they did correct my castor angle after installing 3" OME Springs. Everything has worked well so far. :)
 
Acually my bump stops were at little forward after lift and this helped center mine.
 
landtank said:
not sure why you moved the axle forward. It would seem that a drop bracket that only did just that would put the axle back where it once was.
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X2 .. if you run bigger coils with the stock arms and the stock pivot point .. then you should move the pivot up to front to compensate the arch of the coils ..
 
Measure carefully for the best setup for your needs. If big tires and using all of the suspension travel possible is in the plan, having the tires centered when stuffed is very important, where they are at ride height and drooped is irrelevant.:meh: This applies to all arms, links and panhards.

When I made my arms, lengthened them slightly to be closer to centered at ride height. Worked great with the little tires (33"/295). When I went to the 37" tires they were all over the bumper and inner fender body work, with lots of room at the rear of the tires. Have to run more bump stop than would otherwise be needed to keep them out of the bodywork.:hillbilly:
 
Running 38s right now. The reason I did this is for more clearence at rear bottom of front fender may run 40s or 42s in future. Landtank I acually moved down 2" and forward 1" to correct caster as well your post seems to suggest I only moved it forward, but maybe Im misunderstanding you. Just didnt want to press OME bushings back out as Im going from 2 to 4" lift on front. Figure Ill fine tune caster with plates or washer mod didnt want to get in to rear drag link and have to grind bars to clear.Thought getting a little here and there would be a better alternative being I can fab my own parts.
 
I can see what you did but thought the stock bushings were still in place. Following the manufacturer's install recommendation of the bushings will effectively shorten the arm.

Since you are looking for feedback, I think it's a little too complicated. OME bushings with a drop bracket and then fine tuned with a plate system, all for a 4"lift?
 
Already had OME bushings this should correct for 4" lift so probably want have to do plates. This was easier than putting plates on and pressing OME bushings out and stock ones back in and also got wheels back farward. Which is something I wanted to do anyway.
 
Can you take more pictures from diffrent angles? I want to see what you did with the lip on the original mount and how you spaced the lca bushing. Thanks.
 
headhunter said:
Running 38s right now. The reason I did this is for more clearence at rear bottom of front fender may run 40s or 42s in future. ...
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My comment wasn't aimed at you. Running big tires, I would guess that you are well aware of the issues. It was more for others that may not know of the issues and a reminder to design for your setup, keeping in mind future mods and how it may affect them.:hillbilly:
 
OME bushings are barely correcting caster for 3" and IMOP just for 2" lift .. but sure it depends on your righ setup ..

Edit: hey I need to add that your drop brackets are just a nice solution for those with big coils with stock arms ..
 
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