Glen's budget rebuild

[79coyotefrg]

well i  went down today  and  put the u bolts  on  so the f150's  are  nice and tight,  problem is  i need  some  degree shims to  rotate  the pinion up

i might look at grinding the perches off the ifs  housing  but since i dont have any spacers  i'll run the  axles  under it  till i can afford to go 5.29's  then  i'll put the 35's on


and get this, i measured  the  spring to frame height  with the old springs on  and  then  after  i got the f150's installed,  the f150's  sit 1/2 inch LOWER

but the are softer  so  hopefully  it will ride really smooth


i'm  also doing a  weird  double hanger set up,  using the f150  shackle  and a  mixmatch of toyota shackles

i'll take a pic tomorrow

anybody got another f150 shackle ??  i cant find my other one

[lilbuddy]

Here you go:

[79coyotefrg]

thanks Chris,  thats the way  i mounted the drivers  side today

did you use degree shims to rotate the pinion up??  or  did you cut  and reweld the perches??

[lilbuddy]

I didnt need to do anything. Just with the springs and dual shackles (using a stock f150/chevy shackle amd a 6" eye to eye) it put the pinion at an angle that was perfect.

[79coyotefrg]

I didnt need to do anything. Just with the springs and dual shackles (using a stock f150/chevy shackle amd a 6" eye to eye) it put the pinion at an angle that was perfect.

sweet,  i'm thinking  my angle will be better  when i put  the bed back on, if not i'll get some  steel shims  and weld them to the spring perch

[lilbuddy]

I think yours may not be so good cause you have such a small shackle thats the second shackle.

If i were you id switch the shackle placement that u have. put the longer one hanging down and the shorter one resting against the frame. Itd give u a better shackle angle AND will keep it from inverting more.

EDIT: Or is it just an optical illusion and they are the same length shackles? If not like i said put the smaller one against the frame and the longer one hanging down.

[79coyotefrg]

i gotta make some longer shackles,  those are too short to allow  full compression

[79coyotefrg]

i removed my header  and welded up all the little cracks  with a 3/32 6011 rod  and 40 amps,  it  did a very good job  ,  it sucks  cause my old  headers  have lost almost all the ceramic coating,    they wont last  but  another year or so before  they start falling apart

first pic  is  the pipe  from the header  to the glasspack,  Jordan  was  getting a little happy  with the sawzall  when he was under there

[unclejpl4x4]

dam glen clean that thirdmember

[Jordan7118]

Jordan  was  getting a little happy  with the sawzall  when he was under there

I just did what I was told 

[DTB]

I just did what I was told 

I'm sensing some hostility in this thread

[unclejpl4x4]

darn kids always running around with there saw-zalls.   It's alfun and games till some one losses a limb.

[Jordan7118]

I'm sensing some hostility in this thread

Haha! Nah, I'm just dishin' it back to Glen. 

[Yoat Goat]

Im kinda leary about the double shackle deal. Are you gonna have a locking mechanism to keep it on the frame when not wheeling?

[79coyotefrg]

Im kinda leary about the double shackle deal. Are you gonna have a locking mechanism to keep it on the frame when not wheeling?

yes  i was  thinking about that today,  i think a large  pull pin  will do the trick
i'll  think on it awhile  and  get back atcha

[79coyotefrg]

darn kids always running around with there saw-zalls.   It's all fun and games till some one looses a limb.

 

[YotaJosh]

anybody got another f150 shackle ??  i cant find my other one

I got 2 that I'm not using. 

Don't worry about the pinion angle, it'll all work out once you get the bed on it, and maybe find some longer shackles.

Getting closer everyday, huh? 

[79coyotefrg]

I got 2 that I'm not using. 

Don't worry about the pinion angle, it'll all work out once you get the bed on it, and maybe find some longer shackles.

Getting closer everyday, huh? 

     thanks

yes  i got me  some longer shackles  for shipping    should be here next week

[79coyotefrg]

  now how am i gonna mount  the spare gas tank 

i might look at re routing that 

[79coyotefrg]

[Yoat Goat]

 

[unclejpl4x4]

spare gas tank ........................ U can bearly fill one

[79coyotefrg]

spare gas tank ........................ U can bearly fill one

[79coyotefrg]

well thanks to Krawlz,  i  recieved a set of  extended shackles  very similiar to lilbuddy's




WOO  i found the pic 

[79coyotefrg]

i think it said " Glen, I'm ready to go!!!"



and i had  to do something a little different  since my reciever hitch was kinda in the way,  SOOOOO,  i cut the  top off a  couple  old  motor mounts  and tacked them in place 

[Yoat Goat]

"Hi ho silva and away!!!" 

[79coyotefrg]

 

[unclejpl4x4]

is it done yet

[79coyotefrg]

  no  its 86*  and  70 % humidity 

[Jordan7118]

What you waiting for    It's only going to get worse, my friend!

Oh, and update your poll