TRO with Helwig?

[RODRIG3911]

I utilized my front dual shock mounts with adjustable rods. I don't have a TRO though.

Cool man, looks good. I'm running singles with reservoir shocks on F250 mounts and love them. Already mounted the Hellwig a while back, just wanted to see if it was possible to mount the linkage above the knuckle. Good to know you can run duals though, I know some people say you can't.

 

[DonaldDouchebag]

Following. I have the sway bar installed and have the parts to do the TRO with 1-ton Chev parts this spring. I think I’m going to just see if it fits and if not I’ll weld tabs on my radius arm caps like old-school dual shock mounts as suggested by the other poster.

 

[RODRIG3911]

Following. I have the sway bar installed and have the parts to do the TRO with 1-ton Chev parts this spring. I think I’m going to just see if it fits and if not I’ll weld tabs on my radius arm caps like old-school dual shock mounts as suggested by the other poster.

DonaldDouchebag, Man I just you noticed that. I though .94 was talking about dual shock hoops haha. Once you said that I went back and took a look. Welded tabs on the radius arms is a great idea for the bottom arms mount on the Hellwig! Looks like much more room

 

[ngsd]

With the Duff Heim steer. I too a closer pic for you. As you can see, plenty of room.

 

[DonaldDouchebag]

DonaldDouchebag, Man I just you noticed that. I though .94 was talking about dual shock hoops haha. Once you said that I went back and took a look. Welded tabs on the radius arms is a great idea for the bottom arms mount on the Hellwig! Looks like much more room

Yeah! I think it could definitely buy us a little bit more clearance getting that lower mount closer to the spring.

 

[RODRIG3911]

With the Duff Heim steer. I too a closer pic for you. As you can see, plenty of room.

ngsd your lower Hellwig mount looks nice and perfectly parallel, as apposed to mine that angles down. Did you bend yours up? I guess it could be a difference in Castor on our suspension setups also.

Donald I agree! another fix might be cutting the mount and re-welding it shorter, closer to the coil spring

 

[.94 OR]

There are two holes drilled in the lower mount bracket. I wonder if you could drill a matching hole in front of the first and move the bracket back and cut the rear off. No welding needed that way.

 

[RODRIG3911]

There are two holes drilled in the lower mount bracket. I wonder if you could drill a matching hole in front of the first and move the bracket back and cut the rear off. No welding needed that way.

.94 great thinking! would probably work as long as the front hole is in a good spot. I know the Bronco Hellwig engineer is on this Forum. I read some of his posts when they first designed it years ago. Maybe he'll chime in ;D

 

[ngsd]

ngsd your lower Hellwig mount looks nice and perfectly parallel, as apposed to mine that angles down. Did you bend yours up? I guess it could be a difference in Castor on our suspension setups also.

Donald I agree! another fix might be cutting the mount and re-welding it shorter, closer to the coil spring

I did not modify anything on it. Fit as is.

 

[DonaldDouchebag]

There are two holes drilled in the lower mount bracket. I wonder if you could drill a matching hole in front of the first and move the bracket back and cut the rear off. No welding needed that way.

If it’s too close it wouldn’t be hard to weld the holes up and then redrill them.

 

[.94 OR]

If it’s too close it wouldn’t be hard to weld the holes up and then redrill them.

Correct. I'm just thinking of an option for the guy with minimal tools.

 

[JefeAZ]

ngsd your lower Hellwig mount looks nice and perfectly parallel, as apposed to mine that angles down. Did you bend yours up? I guess it could be a difference in Castor on our suspension setups also.

I noticed that too, mine angle down. Could the C bushings affect that? Mine are 7°

All of the sudden we have a ton of TRO guys with the Hellwig haha

 

[charlie6976]

There are two holes drilled in the lower mount bracket. I wonder if you could drill a matching hole in front of the first and move the bracket back and cut the rear off. No welding needed that way.

The answer iis YES
https://classicbroncos.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2141176&postcount=64

 

[RODRIG3911]

The answer iis YES
https://classicbroncos.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2141176&postcount=64

Cool! Thanks Charlie. Nice write up on it man.

 

[RODRIG3911]

Thanks for the help fellas! I was able to install it over the knuckles without any interface with the Helwig. I'm kinda wondering if Duff started welding the saddle in further towards the driver's side?.. Even at full lock it doesn't really get that close.