on the hunt for 16" military treads

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axle link tower will be very similar to jodo's long arm setup..maybe he can post up a pic....i cant seem to upload the pic i'm using for reference..

Having no star, could you be hitting your bandwidth limit?
 
Well my shox made it...so its on for this weekend. Its still real hot around here but i'll give it a good go. I'm gonna hit the metal yard tommorrow for some round tube to extend my sway links, as well as, my panhards.

Dog for scale: 65lb breed std. pitbull bitch.

The 8241's are nice and long, and i dig the large shaft diameter. I'll post up when i get more done of course....
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Looks good. Love the built in bump stops. Cool idea. Beefy shafts wow. If I did my math correct those are 14" travel. Right? Also what are you planning on doing with the bottom mount on the front as it is an stud mount.
 
bad guys wear black.

yeah, they're like 13.5" stroke.
i 'll fab up some 'lil eyelet adapters...for the bottom side.
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Sweet! Flat black?
 
Front end is done. That is all I could muster in 118 degrees. Rear set gets installed in the morn.

I made my lower front shock mounts from some 2" tall sections of .250" wall hitch material that i just cross drilled for a through bolt.

Castor will definately have to be addressed. The more i look at things, the more i realize my 3 link idea will work like a charm. tons of room for fabbing.

Now for the pic whoreing..
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Love the bull dog look, drive it around like that. LOL
Have any trouble installing the springs? And I see you extended the swaybar. Nice, looks like square tubing.
You still running stock brake lines?
Shocks look good.
 
Im lookin like a so cal prerunner buster, haha... wheres my flat bill cap!..

springs were ez. shocks were too really. yeah, still stock brake lines but bracket has been removed on passenger side hardline by knuckle. main line near center of housing was raised with a metal collar. plenty of slack in the hard lines to provide all the room you need at full droop.

and yes, square tube for swaybar spacers. good eye.

panhards need to be addressed next. after that, i will begin compileing parts to build my threelink...nice how the axle is wide and flat on top to weld all kinds of crap to..

i will be goofing around in it as is ( no castor correction) until then based on several other individuals' results with big michelins and stock arms.
 
You need to relocate the frame side control arm mounts or extend the arms...then you'll be stuffing those 39s with ease. If not you're going to end up with rubbing issue in the rear of the wheel well and possibly near the exhaust.
 
Yeah but isn't Codyrx7 running stock arms with the same set up? He doesn't have a problem.
 
The rear is done. Springs dropped right in. I couldn't stand looking at my booty fab sway bar spacers, so i took both sway bars off to lengthen the links with round tube to look more OEM. Sway bars are definately needed as im sure i could capsize this boat with no trouble. panhards are also next. I'd like to report that it rides very nice so far, and no new growling of any sort.(knockin on wood) Tires will go on this week. Untill then, heres some pics of a 6" lift and 275's...silly...
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Looks sweet! But ya looks silly with 275's. Will be a monster on those military meats.
Did you have to use a bottle jack between the frame and axle to get it to droop enough to fit the springs?
 
Yeah but isn't Codyrx7 running stock arms with the same set up? He doesn't have a problem.

Yea, he rubs in the front...that or has a good bit more bumpstop extension...or has no caster correction at all....either way he is compromised somewhere that I am not.
 
Get some beefy tires with some wider than stock wheels and you'll have your stability back...plus you'd be surprised the angles these beasts will handle without capsizing.
 
Rear only, no front. If you run those military Michelins you will be stable as a mofo...all that unsprung weight is great for that. I also wont be adding a front back until it's a Currie anti-rock, I dislike swaybars when in the rocks.
 

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