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you are gonna weld the pivot plate straight to the housing without a spring perch with no perch say bye to your housing it will punch through. or peel it like a banana . theres not enough material there to support that. thats why spring perches have a arched cutout like they do
BigMike,I would try a smaller bolt size...set up like that, the double shear strength of a grade 8 bolt will be PLENTY...drop down an 1/8 or so and increase the tube wall...unless of course you want two inch blocks in the back, then just get str8 beef!
Do you have a rear trac bar in there yet? If not that may be why your .20 DOM tubing busted, too much torque on such a thin piece of tubing. It looks like it tore from one end to the other, just like when you get axle wrap. Think about it, you have more power from your engine going to your axle (nevermind triple t-cases) which is now attached to softer springs via weaker perch material ie .20" x 4" (roughly) new perch vs .25" x 5.5" old perch. If you don't have a trac bar coming I would think about one, or at least use .375" DOM next time. Even then, a trac bar would serve well to prevent that from happening again.My . PS - Have a great trip! Sounds like fun.
Try to make them so there is two tubes on both top and bottom
I was actually talking about the diameter of the bolt...a bolt in double shear like that is hella strong...grade 8 please (or better)....I mean you could use a smaller diameter bolt in order to add wall thickness to the tubing without ending up with a gigundous lift block.
I will see about what bolt diameter to use when I get some bolts
the smaller the diameter of the bolt, the less the pivot
Talk to Dave yet?
Yup, I was looking at that, and I think I am going to trim just a little bit from the inner fenders. I met a super cool Cherokee owner who had some sweet hood vents on. I could tell that it was home made and I talked to him about it, and he told me they were from a late 80s Chrysler Turbo Lebaron...They are metal and look really good on a Truck hood.So does anyone notice anything wrong with my truck in the last picture I posted?
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Mike it looks like your red dress got cot in the door. Just kidding, did you get the perches fix yet? Any more pics?
100th post ooo hooo! (sorry mike i got excited) i know
Have fun lining up the holes to fit that u-bolt in with weight in the front...you will have to be on FLAT (read perfectly flat) ground for them to line up.
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