JeepinHank
08-18-2005, 05:12 PM
I've been searching around for some pics of what people have done for a frame side mount when triangulating or relocating the rear shocks. I've seen lots of rigs that run their shocks triangulated, but I can't find any good pics of the frame-side attachment beyond where the shocks bolt. I'm trying to figure out how the crossmember (or whatever is used) is attached to the unibody.
The reason I'm pursuing this is when I swapped in the 8.8, I raised the shock mounts to be level with the bottom of the axle tube. Unfortunately, that makes my current shocks (for a 3" lift) way too long on uptravel, and way too short on droop. Right now I'm at ~5.5" of lift in the rear. I'm thinking if I trangulate them the inside of the frame rail, I can run a longer shock, and maximize both up and down travel.
I'll lower the axle side mount if I don't have any other option, but I'd really like to have one less thing to get hung up on back there.
I've pretty much got the axle side mounts figured out. I'm just trying to come up with something for the frame side.
I've considered a couple of different options for triangulating:
1) Build a bolt in crossmember out of some 3" angle iron and sandwich between the bumpstop mounts. (I kind of like this one the best)
2) weld in a crossmember between the framerails. (gas tank)
3) Build a bolt in crossmember to put in between the framerails. (flimsy unibody)
4) attach directly to the floor with a reinforcing plate on the other side. (still not too fond of this)
I've also looked at several of the TJ writeups on shock relocation - most of which involve notching the frame and welding in F-250 towers or c-channel, but I'm not sure if the F-250 towers would work with a unibody ZJ without a lot of fabrication and reinforcing.
Just trying to get an idea of what others have done. What worked, what didn't, you know, the usual.
Thanks in advance!
JH
The reason I'm pursuing this is when I swapped in the 8.8, I raised the shock mounts to be level with the bottom of the axle tube. Unfortunately, that makes my current shocks (for a 3" lift) way too long on uptravel, and way too short on droop. Right now I'm at ~5.5" of lift in the rear. I'm thinking if I trangulate them the inside of the frame rail, I can run a longer shock, and maximize both up and down travel.
I'll lower the axle side mount if I don't have any other option, but I'd really like to have one less thing to get hung up on back there.
I've pretty much got the axle side mounts figured out. I'm just trying to come up with something for the frame side.
I've considered a couple of different options for triangulating:
1) Build a bolt in crossmember out of some 3" angle iron and sandwich between the bumpstop mounts. (I kind of like this one the best)
2) weld in a crossmember between the framerails. (gas tank)
3) Build a bolt in crossmember to put in between the framerails. (flimsy unibody)
4) attach directly to the floor with a reinforcing plate on the other side. (still not too fond of this)
I've also looked at several of the TJ writeups on shock relocation - most of which involve notching the frame and welding in F-250 towers or c-channel, but I'm not sure if the F-250 towers would work with a unibody ZJ without a lot of fabrication and reinforcing.
Just trying to get an idea of what others have done. What worked, what didn't, you know, the usual.
Thanks in advance!
JH