mavereq
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i've played around with the calculator long enough and it's time to start linking the rear. the front 3-link is more or less finished and i need to get this chassis rolling so i can put my tub on it. here's the link to the 3-link thread:
http://www.classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167637
i'm moving the axle back some so i notched my rear crossmember. i'm setting this suspension up a little differently than i planned originally. instead of tacking all the brackets in place and then trying to cut the links to the right length, i'm using the lower links from the front so i don't have to carry different spares. i tacked my upper links together and set the axle for full compression and moved it back as far as possible without hitting the crossmember. this weekend i'll get the upper frame mounts tacked into place and will then lower the axle down to ride height with the upper links attached. i'll then set my pinion angle, hook the lower links to the axle brackets and then raise them up to set my frame brackets. this way i know i'll have the axle moved as far back as possible and my pinion angle will be set right for my ride height. it makes sense in my head.
anyways, once i got my axle into position with my calibrated cinder blocks and put my upper links into place i found that my upper frame links need to sit right where the body mounts are. i cut the body mounts and am in the process of plating the inside of the frame with 1/4".
http://www.classicbroncos.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167637
i'm moving the axle back some so i notched my rear crossmember. i'm setting this suspension up a little differently than i planned originally. instead of tacking all the brackets in place and then trying to cut the links to the right length, i'm using the lower links from the front so i don't have to carry different spares. i tacked my upper links together and set the axle for full compression and moved it back as far as possible without hitting the crossmember. this weekend i'll get the upper frame mounts tacked into place and will then lower the axle down to ride height with the upper links attached. i'll then set my pinion angle, hook the lower links to the axle brackets and then raise them up to set my frame brackets. this way i know i'll have the axle moved as far back as possible and my pinion angle will be set right for my ride height. it makes sense in my head.
anyways, once i got my axle into position with my calibrated cinder blocks and put my upper links into place i found that my upper frame links need to sit right where the body mounts are. i cut the body mounts and am in the process of plating the inside of the frame with 1/4".