Ok I have heard of people doing this but what all does this entail? I would like to keep my ~4” lift so would I need the 4” lift 63 springs? And would I need to change spring perches at all?Yeller wrote:Good catch to get that fixed. I’d be looking at doing some 63 Chevy springs band all 4 ranger spring brackets. It will ride soooooo much better.
Yeah the frame has some rough spots. In spots it has paint still and then look over 4 inches and there’s holes. We are going to fix the frame at the same time that we fix the shackles.candymancan wrote:That entire frame looks questionable. I though mine was bad.. but yours is 10x worse
Looks like you had a LITTLE too much grip and torque going through that...
Sierra is right those are known for breaking, enough so that Novak developed a replacement eons ago.
That's what I thought--I guess I misread Stuka's post about them and got confused, sorry.
Well there IS always the option of making it spring-under; that makes axle-wrap pretty much impossibleYeller wrote: ↑Thu Feb 16, 2023 7:15 pm Tension is factory in the rear, compression is factory in the front.
Yes axle wrap is an issue with spinning tires or hard off-roading. In reality is it with any leaf spring but long supple, soft, ones especially. I’ve not done anything about it as of yet, but should it hopps violently if the tires spin on pavement. If I decide to address it I’ll do a torque arm on the rear.
This does a good job of describing function with pictures.
https://dufftuff.com/product/torque-tam ... -rear-axle
I’ve built a bunch of similar design over the years. They work, one just must not under estimate the extreme loads that bar and bracketry must endure.