look'n for cantilever idea

heres a pic of mine.....same rear end....its still not finished(I have some tweakin to do to it) but it atleast goes up & down which makes it easier to move the truck around

heres a pic of my old setup b4 i narrowed the irs .....i used the factory shock mount it worked good but i needed to redo the angles to get more lift

Originally posted by draggin720



heres a pic of mine.....same rear end....its still not finished(I have some tweakin to do to it) but it atleast goes up & down which makes it easier to move the truck around







how did you mount the center mount of canti bar? is it a heim joint or is it something like a 4-link bushing? if you have any pic of the mount that would be helpful. thanx

Originally posted by thekiddec



Originally posted by draggin720



heres a pic of mine.....same rear end....its still not finished(I have some tweakin to do to it) but it atleast goes up & down which makes it easier to move the truck around







how did you mount the center mount of canti bar? is it a heim joint or is it something like a 4-link bushing? if you have any pic of the mount that would be helpful. thanx

its a piece of threaded pipe w/ a 4 link bushing in it i still have to gusset it all.....ill try & snap a few more pix of the mount & everything .....

good luck with that 4 link bushing, i'd save your self the trouble and mount a baring in there, my 4 link bushing lasted one 5 hour drive to reso, and i limped it home and pressed two barings in there with a brass sleeve and it's been good for three years since.

your 4 link rides on bushiongs for miles and miles.. i'm gonna guess u had something misaligned.. i'll be used offroad bushings with a zerk fitting in the bolt to grease them at the pivoting point and some badass heims from a place cris posted awhile back.

just getting lasered up now from 3/16 stainless...

Originally posted by 91 drggn dime



your 4 link rides on bushiongs for miles and miles.. i'm gonna guess u had something misaligned.. i'll be used offroad bushings with a zerk fitting in the bolt to grease them at the pivoting point and some badass heims from a place cris posted awhile back.

You would be assuming wrong, because it sheared both sides of the bushing. On a cantilever your multiplying the amount of stress on that pivot point alot more. You can alomst never go wrong with over engineering something.

Originally posted by impounded dakota



Originally posted by 91 drggn dime



your 4 link rides on bushiongs for miles and miles.. i'm gonna guess u had something misaligned.. i'll be used offroad bushings with a zerk fitting in the bolt to grease them at the pivoting point and some badass heims from a place cris posted awhile back.

You would be assuming wrong, because it sheared both sides of the bushing. On a cantilever your multiplying the amount of stress on that pivot point alot more. You can alomst never go wrong with over engineering something.

Weight can be a biproduct of over engineering alot of times..

yes, but in the case of using a standard inexpensive baring in the place of a cheap 4 link bushing, to give it a longer safer life, weight has nothing to do with over-engineering.