How to move LV axle back?

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merbesfield

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Is it possible, let me be more specific, easily possible to slide the rear axle on my LV back a little. I never have understood why the axle is so far forward. I wonder if I did something wrong, but they all seem to look like this. I was wondering if I can re-position the axle on the springs. I am sure there are tons of technical reasons why this is a bad idea, but there seems like there is enough room on the flat area to cheat out a inch or two. Let me know any help would be appreciated.
 
Mark I posted a reply in the other thread, but this issue is due to lifting the vehicle it always results in moving the rear axle forward. You can use this product from Man-a-fre to move the axle rear ward an 1" or so,4+PLUS AXLE RELOCATING PLATE

HTH :beer:
 
I figured I would post this question over here on the HC section. I am sure you guys have done this sort of thing before. Is it possible, let me be more specific, easily possible to slide the rear axle on my LV back a little? I never have understood why the axle is so far forward and into the front of the rear fender. I almost wonder if I did something wrong, but they all seem to look like this. I was wondering if I can re-position the axle on the springs. I am sure there are tons of technical reasons why this is a bad idea, but there seems like there is enough room on the flat area to cheat out a inch or two. I will post up some pics. I am using an Old Man Emu suspension kit. Hell it could be install wrong since there were no instructions with it.

Back story, I am restoring a 65 FJ45LV and have a build thread over on the 45 section. Here is the link.

https://forum.ih8mud.com/fj45-owners-club/100170-1966-fj45lv-restoration-buildup-project-44.html

Let me know any help would be appreciated.
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more pics. Here are three pics I took when I first installed the rear suspension. At that time I thought something was wrong, but was told by others it looked correct. I am not so sure. My be correct from Toyota, but looks wrong to me. Thanks for the help.
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JP, that is exactly what I was thinking about. Do those plates go between the springs and the U bolt plates? Will it cause the rear to be higher by that thickness, or am I thinking backwards and it lowers it? Will those work with Old Man Emu springs. Thanks for the help.
 
merbesfield said:
JP, that is exactly what I was thinking about. Do those plates go between the springs and the U bolt plates? Will it cause the rear to be higher by that thickness, or am I thinking backwards and it lowers it? Will those work with Old Man Emu springs. Thanks for the help.
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It goes between the spring and the spring perch on the axle, it will actually lower your lift by the height of the plate itself as it "lifts" the axle up from the spring.... I have used them twice with old man-emu lifts :beer:
 
You could also drill another hole in the perch and spring plate, much better than the relocate plates. I have done this many times before with no issues. I have moved axles forward or rearward like this.
 
JackA said:
You could also drill another hole in the perch and spring plate, much better than the relocate plates. I have done this many times before with no issues. I have moved axles forward or rearward like this.
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So it looks like I have two options. I guess I should give the body time to settle down on the frame to decide if I need to also lower the rear a little (ie. use the plate) or just drill the relocated hole. Drilling the hole sounds easy enough. Is there a limit or max amt. I should not go over when relocating the pin hole?
 
They do the same thing on 40s, move the axle forward in the rear and it looks weird in the wheel well. I also think their springs are too short for the amount of arch giving crap shackle angle. Redrill the perch or sell the springs and get some custom springs made.
 
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