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relocating spring hangers.
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<blockquote data-quote="MIG&#039;DHORSE" data-source="post: 1056174" data-attributes="member: 16707"><p>hmmmm have you seen any other buildups with utilizing this spring? it would help to know how much it compresses under the weight of the truck. find out where you'd like to have your rear axle located. tack the spring hangers farther forward on the frame by perhaps 6 inches. TACK THEM, in case you want to adjust things if they arent right. make sure theyre nice sturdy tacks, though, strong enough to hold up the weight of the vehicle. then bolt up the springs, axle, etc, and have a 4"x4" woodblock or something across the back of the frame roughly in front of where the shackles would be, as if it were a crossmember, and put the springs under the wood, so the wood supports the springs. let the truck sit on its own weight, and see where the center pin ligns up, and if thats where you want your axle to be. from there you can see where you'd want your rear shackle placed. just an idea. i've seen people ubolt the rear of the spring to the frame as well, and lower it onto its own weight to guage how the spring sits under the weight of the truck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MIG'DHORSE, post: 1056174, member: 16707"] hmmmm have you seen any other buildups with utilizing this spring? it would help to know how much it compresses under the weight of the truck. find out where you'd like to have your rear axle located. tack the spring hangers farther forward on the frame by perhaps 6 inches. TACK THEM, in case you want to adjust things if they arent right. make sure theyre nice sturdy tacks, though, strong enough to hold up the weight of the vehicle. then bolt up the springs, axle, etc, and have a 4"x4" woodblock or something across the back of the frame roughly in front of where the shackles would be, as if it were a crossmember, and put the springs under the wood, so the wood supports the springs. let the truck sit on its own weight, and see where the center pin ligns up, and if thats where you want your axle to be. from there you can see where you'd want your rear shackle placed. just an idea. i've seen people ubolt the rear of the spring to the frame as well, and lower it onto its own weight to guage how the spring sits under the weight of the truck. [/QUOTE]
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