dohcdelsol93
snoogans
my fj40 looks to have stock springs, possibly re arched.
The shock towers are said to be fords.
The front springs appear to not be long enough as the shackles have both inverted backwards towards the axle and planted firmly against the frame. I'm not sure but i think the front/rear springs are the same legenth where as on my 60 the rears were much longer.
I need this fixed as the pogo stick feeling is pretty bad and it makes for poor pinion angle.
I'm not sure what could cause this, all rivits are in place/no welds that make it look as though any PO's have moved spring perches.
Could the PO have but springs on backwards as i'm thinking the center pin is off set to one side...if so which side of the spring should be the the long side on the front springs...forward of the axle or rear?
or could the ford perches/too long of a shock be causing the shock to bottom out, not allowing the springs to compress enough to provide the legenth to push the shackles forward of their perch.
I've never played with custom/home made shock tower mods so i'm not sure how to go about measuring for proper legenth for maximum articulation
thanks in advance
heres to no longer bouncing around town!!!
The shock towers are said to be fords.
The front springs appear to not be long enough as the shackles have both inverted backwards towards the axle and planted firmly against the frame. I'm not sure but i think the front/rear springs are the same legenth where as on my 60 the rears were much longer.
I need this fixed as the pogo stick feeling is pretty bad and it makes for poor pinion angle.
I'm not sure what could cause this, all rivits are in place/no welds that make it look as though any PO's have moved spring perches.
Could the PO have but springs on backwards as i'm thinking the center pin is off set to one side...if so which side of the spring should be the the long side on the front springs...forward of the axle or rear?
or could the ford perches/too long of a shock be causing the shock to bottom out, not allowing the springs to compress enough to provide the legenth to push the shackles forward of their perch.
I've never played with custom/home made shock tower mods so i'm not sure how to go about measuring for proper legenth for maximum articulation
thanks in advance
heres to no longer bouncing around town!!!