JacksonEOD
Jr. Member
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- Apr 8, 2011
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Hello everyone. It's been about 5 years since I did anything of significance to my EB. You can check out my signature for my OG build thread. I've decided to get back to work on the frame off restomod. Got tired of all these parts filling up the garage. So, I got the 3.5" Duff 4-link Monster suspension last week to get started on a rolling chassis.
The mess of parts that came in haha.
Here's the frame as I got it way back when:
Ground off all the stuff no longer necessary on the frame...That was not fun work! Then sanded it all down smooth and threw on some primer for now...
The leftovers
Put these bad boys on and test fit a shock. It looked like the middle shock mount was too close to the coil bucket. Turns out it is. The rearmost shock is in and angles toward the bucket. There's no way to fit the other shock in the middle mount without it hitting the bucket. I contacted Duff today and am waiting to hear back on why this isn't looking like it should...
Frame with the long travel shock hoops
Here's where the problem is. Shocks won't fit in the middle mount on either side...
That's it for the first week. I'm waiting on answers for the shock hoops, so I guess I'll move to measuring and installing the new radius arms and mounts. Hopefully I can continue progressing at an acceptable rate until this bad boy is driveable, but I'm realistically looking at getting done by the end of next summer if all goes well. That's the goal anyway... FYI, I have no automotive, mechanical, electrical, or any other experience of any kind related to this field, so let me know if I'm doing something stupid! I'm basically working from this forum and youtube...Here we go again!
The mess of parts that came in haha.
Here's the frame as I got it way back when:
Ground off all the stuff no longer necessary on the frame...That was not fun work! Then sanded it all down smooth and threw on some primer for now...
The leftovers
Put these bad boys on and test fit a shock. It looked like the middle shock mount was too close to the coil bucket. Turns out it is. The rearmost shock is in and angles toward the bucket. There's no way to fit the other shock in the middle mount without it hitting the bucket. I contacted Duff today and am waiting to hear back on why this isn't looking like it should...
Frame with the long travel shock hoops
Here's where the problem is. Shocks won't fit in the middle mount on either side...
That's it for the first week. I'm waiting on answers for the shock hoops, so I guess I'll move to measuring and installing the new radius arms and mounts. Hopefully I can continue progressing at an acceptable rate until this bad boy is driveable, but I'm realistically looking at getting done by the end of next summer if all goes well. That's the goal anyway... FYI, I have no automotive, mechanical, electrical, or any other experience of any kind related to this field, so let me know if I'm doing something stupid! I'm basically working from this forum and youtube...Here we go again!