Is there a modification to move or replace the rear lower shock absorber mounts to a higher site on the axle? I am continually dragging mine on the rutted track way to my property and I am concerned that I may damage them; they appear to be the lowest point of the underside. I have looked at the data base but have found no reference
Improve under axle ground clearence?
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bigger tires works real well.
Gold Finger said:
Ever heard of pavement, gravel, excavation. Just a joke man, bigger tires yes, 35's with proper gears and some engine mod.
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Wrench said:
A ghost of forum past. Where've you been?
bjowett
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You'll have to cut off the old, then weld on new mounts. You will run into problems with damper length that will need attending to, also. Here is a picture of the rear axle on my old 4-Runner. Although the shocks ride on the back side of the axle, they originally had low hanging mounts like the FJ80.
Brian, are you a fabricator for a living? Or maybe someone in your family? You seem to do some great outside-the-box mods. I just wish i had the recources to attempt half the stuff you have.
bjowett
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Nope and nope, I just enjoy building stuff.... buy dem' tools and learn!
bjowett said:
I'm trying. Tools are expensive
, at least good ones. Working on getting an air compressor now, then air tools......i wish i could spend all day messing around with this kinda stuff. Maybe some day i'll get lucky and be able to fab for a living.- Thread starter
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I guess bigger tyres would help as would gravelling a mile of my neighbours land, however bjowetts suggestion seems a good way to overcome a design weakness. Larger tyres, for each inch gain in diameter I guess there is a theoretical gain in under axle clearance of half of that, so a moderate increase to 305/70/16 would I think gain me half of one inch, a change to 35 inch tyres would give me a more useful one and a half inches. This would unfortunately require, correct me here if I am wrong changing differential gearing, taller springs and dampers speedometer recalibration and castor correction. It seems a sensible approach to modify the lower mounting I just hoped that it would be a common approach and that perhaps I may have been the beneficiary of following other people’s knowledge here. I suppose that at a later date if I ran to taller springs remounting the lower rear shock mounts to a higher place on the axle may mean that I could keep the stock shocks on the rear at least?
If that is you only goal, then cut off the shock mount points and relocate them. If you want other offroading benefits then going to bigger tires etc is your route.
BTW, I prefer the green finger
BTW, I prefer the green finger
sandcruiser
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leave 'em alone till they break off, then go ahead and find a better place to mount them.
Or/
Consider getting someone to fab up a little mini-skid plate for each shock mount. Not pretty, not hi-performance, but it might work.
Or/
Consider getting someone to fab up a little mini-skid plate for each shock mount. Not pretty, not hi-performance, but it might work.
concretejungle said:I'm trying. Tools are expensive
I'm waiting for the house next door to him to come up for sale, then it's time to move!
try this
i didnt relocacte my bottom mounts but i wanted room for longer shocks... pics in this thread
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=23948
i didnt relocacte my bottom mounts but i wanted room for longer shocks... pics in this thread
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=23948
