What did you do to your pig today? (6 Viewers)

[WarDamnEagle]

Have some leaves been pulled?

Edit: Maybe not. I think my spring retainer (or whatever that is called) looks similar. But nonetheless, your spring pack doesn't appear to be as arched as mine. Hard to tell though unless they were side by side.

 

[Pigeaten]

No, that was supposed to be a new OME HD susp. It may have been , but with weight its almost flat, also not as beefy as rear

 

[sofj45]

No, that was supposed to be a new OME HD susp. It may have been , but with weight its almost flat, also not as beefy as rear

When I put my new ome on the front it went flat. I took one spring out of my old pack and added it l, pretty much like a add-a-leaf did 3rd spring from top and it was way better. When I first pulled the pack apart I could hold the tension with my hand to get the pin out after adding a stock spring I had to use a clamp to put it back together. I went medium though not hd. Measured from ground to fender after adding the ome springs and adding the one stock spring it set exactly 2” taller I havent checked after a month of driving to see where it sits

 

[J Mack]

No, that was supposed to be a new OME HD susp. It may have been , but with weight its almost flat, also not as beefy as rear

Short shackle issues and too fine of a line between ideal and less than ideal.
At 90° shackle angle you have 100% "spring rate" and past 45° shackle angle you lose all spring rate until the shackle inverts and binds on something else.
In a perfect world lets say 67.5° was ideal at ride height and we never got to 45° at full compression then we could count on a constant spring rate within a small margin. The wider that shackle angle gap is the less constant that spring rate is and the harder is is to get right. Nobody has done anything wrong or making bad kits for the Pigs and I don't believe making the spring stiffer "preventing movement" is a great answer as ride quality and drivability suffer with a stiff front suspension.
Longer shackles are the answer but as I said before not as easy as it sounds.

 

[J Mack]

I experimented with this when I built my pig and I added 50 lb bags of sand one at a time measuring shackle angle.
The design of the factory configuration was barely adequate with a factory length mainspring, add a longer main leaf and it's a hot mess in a hurry.

 

[sofj45]

After doing it and not being 100% I said to the wife I should have just went links and coils and been done and way better ride

 

[J Mack]

After doing it and not being 100%

I wish I could help more, I hope you find a solution.

 

[sofj45]

I wish I could help more, I hope you find a solution.

Gonna drive the piss out of it and smile the entire time. Then when something breaks fix it and keep driving. Then when I’m 80 I’ll regret having no money because I drove landcruiser but atleast had fun.

 

[sofj45]

Little more prep for the trip got the tire moved to the rear bumper swing out. Not exactly what the original plan was but save where I can.

 

[PabloCruise]

After doing it and not being 100% I said to the wife I should have just went links and coils and been done and way better ride

80 frame swap, here we come!

 

[sofj45]

80 frame swap, here we come!

That’s was a consideration for a minute but then thought seems like a lot more work than just doing a frame down rebuild of suspension. Cause if the body is off then you can’t just put it straight onto the 80 chassis without cleaning it up and where do you stop.

 

[PabloCruise]

...and where do you stop.

You are asking the wrong guy on that one...

 

[DTC72]

I registered my 1969 pig for SAS #9 in August in Ouray, CO. I see that there are five other pigs registered also. One of them is @gonzopancho who is also a vendor for the event with BIO. @mike_az is on the waitlist.

Who else on here registered?

 

[xtiaan2000]

Damn
I tried but it filled up too fast. Think I might cruz out and camp at my friends site anyway. Crasher!

 

[gonzopancho]

So is SAS going to be PP25?

 

[DTC72]

So is SAS going to be PP25?

Maybe mini PP but we will still have PP25 hopefully in June.

 

[gonzopancho]

Maybe mini PP but we will still have PP25 hopefully in June.

are we going to Ouray?

 

[RUSH55]

are we going to Ouray?

We?

 

[gonzopancho]

 

[sofj45]

Took the pair out for a little stroll. Not Sunday but close enough.