radiusarms.jpg 1443 hits | 58.37 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 Stock radius arms extended using a 20" length of 2" O.D. .250 wall DOM tubing (arms are 12...
framemount.jpg 877 hits | 35.86 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 Made from 3/16"plate Eyelet fabricated from some leftover DOM tubing and some 1/8" strip w...
bushingend2.jpg 879 hits | 56.66 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 The end of the stock arm is cut off and prepped to be welded into the end of the DOM tube (shown nex...
bushingend.jpg 926 hits | 57.24 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 close up before welding (showing one of the holes for a plug weld)
radiusarm.jpg 777 hits | 53.35 KB | Posted: 6/11/14 Tube welded into body of arm. Note the slight offset and that it's not flat against the inside of th...
springs.jpg 1070 hits | 56.75 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 No stiff-as-isht TTB coils here... This is a Skyjacker 6" Cherokee (XJ) coil spring #JC60F show...
coilshockmount.jpg 933 hits | 61.74 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 The stock coil bucket is raised up two inches, together with the addition of F-250 shock mounts. Thi...
mount2.jpg 888 hits | 53.78 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 Fitting the coil to the mount. These coils are approx half-inch larger diameter than the stock TTB c...
shock.jpg 911 hits | 59.65 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 Front shock mount setup. The Bilsteins have been replaced with Fox 2.0s (Fox allows you to change th...
housing.jpg 915 hits | 61.23 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 Framework housing a droop limiter cable for the front suspension. It lessens the amount the hood ris...
mount.jpg 928 hits | 58.79 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 Mounting of the cable housing to the truck frame
pulley.jpg 850 hits | 47.01 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 2.5" pulley for the cable to ride on.
beamwindow.jpg 764 hits | 36.92 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 This shows the cable attached to the axle. It also shows where I had to widen the window where the a...
bracket2.jpg 857 hits | 29.83 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 Pivot bracket for the passengerside beam (Rancho bracket that has been reinforced)
steering.jpg 826 hits | 41.6 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 An example of having good steering angles on a TTB suspension. Tie rods are nearly horizontal (inlin...
domsteering.jpg 1558 hits | 55.41 KB | Posted: 12/22/13 New tie rods built from 1.25'' DOM tubing and 1-ton Dodge tie rod ends (4500lb axle ends). Kept bend...
yokeclearance.jpg 844 hits | 35.11 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 Without the limit cable, the suspension has enough droop to bind the center axle u-joint. Some quick...
u-joint.jpg 687 hits | 55 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 Spicer 5-760x U-joint shown next to the original 5-297x joint.
snapring.jpg 753 hits | 53.99 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 Axle yoke modified to accept a full-circle snap ring clip (prevents spitting of the clips, leading t...
flex2.jpg 959 hits | 43.95 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 Solid Schmolid... The TTB axle seems to do just fine
rearsuspension.jpg 789 hits | 40.21 KB | Posted: 8/13/10 A shot of the rear showing the Explorer 8.8" axle...
The Skyjacker leaf springs have been repl...
shockmount.jpg 830 hits | 28.38 KB | Posted: 8/15/10 Extended rear shock mount (using space from the body lift) P.S., that crappy Rancho shock is long go...
chevyleafs.jpg 744 hits | 71.01 KB | Posted: 6/27/14 New 64'' Pro-Comp Chevy springs installed (#13211, 3.5''). For some reason I kept bending stock-fitm...
fronthanger.jpg 647 hits | 59.49 KB | Posted: 6/28/14 The longer Chevy leafs required moving both the spring & shackle hangers from where they were... I m...
shacklebracket.jpg 716 hits | 67.32 KB | Posted: 6/27/14 New shackle bracket to fit the 64'' Chevy leafs... puts the (extended) shackle about 3'' rearward of...
Suspension & Axles
