Suspension Questions

[pyagid]

Moving the shock mount to the top of the axle will cause you to have to use shorter shocks, which will limit articulation.

With moving the shocks like tigger said should not limit the travel that much. I plan on doing mine the same way. You don't need to use as long of a shock but b/c they are on top you dont need as much travel out of it either. Also leaving it mounted on the bottom puts it closer to the rocks and damage.


am i completely wrong with the above statement?

Paul

[Tigger]

With moving the shocks like tigger said should not limit the travel that much. I plan on doing mine the same way. You don't need to use as long of a shock but b/c they are on top you dont need as much travel out of it either. Also leaving it mounted on the bottom puts it closer to the rocks and damage.

am i completely wrong with the above statement?

Not completley wrong, with the shorter shock you will have less travel than if you ran a longer shock. The question is do you need that much travel....

What needs to be done is before getting shocks is to flex out the suspension and measure for shock extended and compressed length at full compression and full droop with the spring being the limiting factor, not the shock or the brake lines or steering. Compare that to the shock charts and get what matches or is close. Sometimes having the shock limit the travel is good so you dont' mess up something else.

If you use the ford shock towers you can run the rancho 5012's with the shock mounts set up like I described, and you dont' get much more travel than that from what I am reading.

[pyagid]

That is what i planned on doing. and that is basically what i was thinking dont think i typed it properly though.

Before i ordered shocks I was going to flex the vehicle out to the bump stops and measure. Get something as close as possible to get maximum flex

Paul

[Mudrat]

I'll just bring it to the shop and pick one tire up with the forklift

Mudrat

[Tigger]

I'll just bring it to the shop and pick one tire up with the forklift

Mudrat

Exactly what I will be doing at the hobby shop once this is built