I may be dumb, but why is there space between the top of the spring perch and the axle? It looks to me like the spring perch could be mounted flush against the bottom of the axle and gain another 1/2" or so of clearance.
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why? the pin doesn't necessarily have to come through to the point of being exposed on the other side, does it?The space accounts for the spring pin.
On one side in the front you have the diff to deal with, so they're probably all matched to that one where you have interference. You could get a little lift in the back though.
All that work for...1/2" at most of extra lift? Might as well do a spring over if you're reworking mounts.
Same idea as flipping the ubolts which I have already done at the front and will soon do at the rear once I resolve the issues in this thread.
(2 1/2" lift, 37s ,108ish:1 crawl and 100" WB being the latest)????
cool photos please, low w/ 37's i love it...I'm not ready to hack my body up, buggy would be cool w/ a fibriglass tub & body...? just rambling
If you've had issues with it then by all means give it a shot, I've just never had a problem with spring clearance with my SUA '63 (2 1/2" lift and 32s). I understand wanting to keep a low COG, we've built a couple low rigs (2 1/2" lift, 37s ,108ish:1 crawl and 100" WB being the latest) that perform great and I suppose when I say spring over I envision the style I'm building for my crawler which requires a custom reversed eye flat spring that sits as low as possible for an SOA rig.
If it was me I'd slightly trim out clearance for the front passenger side perch as necessary and set them essentially flat on the housing with a spring pin that fits just in the thickness of the perch.
I've got a sweet pair of u-bolt flip plates with shock mounts doing nothing in my parts pile. Make me an offer if you need a pair.
If you were ok with a bunch of cutting and welding, you could recess the leaf perches a bit into the axle tube too. You could probably get away with about 3/4".
Maybe an inch or inch and a half if I caulk around the opening where I cut through the housing just below the axle shaft, eh?
I'm interested in the flip plates if they fit the '78 model (shock mounts vary a bit by year). Do you have the ubolts? How much with Priority Flat Rate shipping to 03304?
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