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01-10-2010, 04:03 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Jacksonville FL
Posts: 975
|  rear springs mounting
ive seen a few guys on here mount there rear springs in between the frame rails how do you do this and when you do it does the truck sag alot in the back or does it mess up the ride height?
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01-11-2010, 10:28 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Petaluma
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| f350
Well, mine did sag but I picked up a pair of adjustable shocks and just adjusted the tension to get hte right ride heigth. I did this on an F350 build (here: http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/showthread.php?t=140070&page=8 ) but it would work the same for any. It allowed the rear to "really" sway for articulation which is what I wanted seeing I left the front leaf-spring'ed. From the pictures, the only thing I ultimately changed was the inner drill hole location. I dropped it about a quarter inch to help give it more travel as the shocks would hit the frame rail at a certain angle of flex. If you look deeper into the build thread - you'll see what I'm talking about but I indexed the thread at the page where I did some rear suspension work for you.  Last edited by FodigoDave; 01-11-2010 at 10:31 AM. |
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01-12-2010, 01:59 PM
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| Newbie Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Cheshire
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I only had what was in the box, so I just set my shocks to droop, and mounted them like this. I just drilled the stock crossmember and mounted the shocks with the self tappers and spacers that are normally used.  It seems to sit at roughly stock height, maybe a bit lower, but there are no springs whatsoever, so if you are looking for a smooth ride for some odd reason, it's probably not for you. It also provides cartoon looking flex for a scale truck, so if you want to put some limiters in it that is up to you as well.  |
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