to those runnning 7100's

[enjoi1968]

up front are you running 12" or 10" short bodies? For a 3" RTE or 3" comparable lift. D1.

 

[flyfisher11]

DII (sorry) but running 10" SB w/res front and 12 SB w/res rear. I'm valved at 360x80.

 

[Slappy]

D2, 12" short bodies front and rear. Though my lift is more like 4+ inches......
360/80 front and 400/100 rear.

 

[crown14]

anyone of you guys with 12" in front have problems dropping springs out?

 

[wheelen disco]

For those who are running 12" front, how did you get that much droop out of your drive shaft, I run 10" fox's and my axel is tipped back to regain my castor, I ground the shit out of the shaft and I know I cannot go with anymore droop
Just curious
Josh

 

[enjoi1968]

I don't know why I didn't think of this before but I bought 4 12" SB res instead of thinking about the front end, getting kind of old looking at the driver side spring not properly reset after any front end flex.

Probably going to make some sort of cone to lead the top fronts back in a little better.

 

[crown14]

Yeah I went to cones but the shock body was rubbing them when it approached the limit, fixed it with the Ford tool. If I were to do it all over again I would have probably bought 10" fronts but then again, I can swap out the 3in for 5in springs, re-adjust the shock towers and bolt up 36s.

 

[crown14]

For those who are running 12" front, how did you get that much droop out of your drive shaft, I run 10" fox's and my axel is tipped back to regain my castor, I ground the shit out of the shaft and I know I cannot go with anymore droop
Just curious
Josh

You grinding on the xmember or grinding the joint boss against the shaft?

 

[enjoi1968]

Yeah I went to cones but the shock body was rubbing them when it approached the limit, fixed it with the Ford tool.

care to go into a little detail about this "ford tool"

 

[wheelen disco]

You grinding on the xmember or grinding the joint boss against the shaft?

No my cross member would rub at ride height so that's in the scrap bin now, no I "clearanced " the driveshaft yoke's and the double cardon joint also.

 

[benlittle]

A 12in SB is basically a 10in shock. Most who run 10in standard res on the rear will want to run a 12in SB res on the front. 380/90 front 400/100 rear.