ideas on the best wat to mount my shocks on my 85 xtra cab???

[toynizzy]

im geting ready to put in my susp and want to know the best way to mount my shocks to get the most range of use out of them,any ideas?im going to go with 5125's i think but maybe if i have the $$ i will run 5150's  .ive searched it and it seems everyone has there own thoughts on it so i wanna know what the best methods of mounting r.also i guess from what i seen it dont matter if there tube up or down lol is that true?or is it like i always do,tube down?thanx for ur time on this one.


                                                               

[MiniSimp]

Mount them as close to the spring as possible, and as vertical as possible.

[CTENG in KS]

Bed Cage.

[Shoyrtt]

Rear shocks?  I don't know if there is a "best way" but here is what we did borrowing ideas from Big Mike and SKy MFG  ;
Big Mike:


My Runner:

[whiteman]

If they are angled in you get less absorbsion, also if they are not long enough for the amount of travel your springs give you you can mount them closer inward to compensate.

[toynizzy]

is that sky's shock mount bar?how do u know where to position the bottom on the axle and then where to put the top to get all the travel out of them?im new to this so i dunno,im shock stupid i guess lol

[whiteman]

There might be a easier way but the way i would do it.  Mesure your shocks eye to eye fully compressed and fully extended.  Flex your truck out on somthing to max travel, what ever you use ie: rock, fork lift, hi-lift, etc... 
You will want to do it with the front in the air and then the rear in the air because you will get different results.  Find the points between the frame and axle where the mesurements of your shock will fit.

That's all I can think of

[ZukIzzy]

is that sky's shock mount bar?how do u know where to position the bottom on the axle and then where to put the top to get all the travel out of them?im new to this so i dunno,im shock stupid i guess lol

No it is custom. we built it as a tribute to others we have seen here. If you look close you will see we made 2 mount points so we could adjust it. turned out the 12" shocks fit perfectly on the inside holes. the wer 3" from center and the outer ones were 6" from center.

Hope this helps

Wayne