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muskyman
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 10:22 am: | 
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well the cheap bastard in me came out this weekend.
I'm planning some air bags and new shocks all the way arround on the disco ,but because I am without a shock right now this week I needed a fast fix to get me by till the brain can figure out the details of the air-bags in the coil set up.
so I took 2 of the broken Bilsteins and did this
this is a grade 5 bolt it extends the shock 1 3/4"
.25cents worth of welding rod and a .75cent bolt. |
muskyman
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 10:24 am: |
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muskyman
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 10:26 am: |
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the truck gained alittle flex
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muskyman
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 10:28 am: |
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and under full tuck still has a little room shock travel left
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muskyman
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 10:33 am: |
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I beat the frigging piss out of it on our little test circuit includding a jump that caught some big air at about 40 mph and still no break or bangs so I guess it will do for awhile
see I am a cheap bastard |
Greg Davis
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 02:59 pm: |
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Makes for an additional bump stop as well.  |
muskyman
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 05:32 pm: |
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well thats what I expected figuring I'd just throw a bigger bumpstop in there to keep from bending the top mount, but oncew flexed up into the bump stop, it still has about a 3/4" of shock travel .
under a real slamming articulation I'm sure it would bottom the shock but thats better then topping it on every recoil and keep breaking the ends off.
when this truck becomes a trail truck most the stock stuff goes away anyhow so till then I'm sure this will work, I carried a huge load of stuff today aprox 1600lbs and the shocks worked fine with no topping as before. |
muskyman
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 05:37 pm: |
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oh ...I forgot the best part...
how many times have you heard how handy ratchat straps are?
I wish I had a dollar for every time peter has told someone to use a ratchet strap
well heres a pic just for Peter
try to do this with a spring compressor |
Neal Glessner (Nealg)
| | Posted on Monday, June 10, 2002 - 08:54 pm: |
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Damn Musky. You're all about danger. |
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