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Rig looks great. Are those pics at ride height? If that's the case you only have an inch or so up travel... You definitely need more than that for the suspension to work optimally....
Rig looks great. Are those pics at ride height? If that's the case you only have an inch or so up travel... You definitely need more than that for the suspension to work optimally....
Yeah those pics are at ride height. Pics on the street show it best. I really have about 4" until I hit sheet metal and right around 3-4" until my shocks bottom out.
After wheeling this new setup for a couple days I figured out I don't like the version of the "Lincoln locker" that the previous owner of these axles did. He filled in between some of the teeth on the spider gears which he told me was the best way to go because then there is a little play between the two sides. When I wheeled it this way I did not like the delay between hitting the gas and getting the axle to lock up. I am now welding the spider gears completely together which will 100% fully lock the dif at all times just like a spool which I had in my old ford 9" and loved it. This weekend I got the 14 bolt gears mostly welded up.
I had always heard good things about the 14 bolt axle but had never looked inside one until this weekend. This is one heck of an awesome axle! The extra pinion support bearing and the screw adjusters for the carrier make this a very nice axle which would be very easy to build and obviously very strong.