Immortal1 - Round 5

Well guys I don't have any real pics to share but, was able to put the truck on all 4 tires today and verify the front would layout (just barely, but it still touches). Unfortunately I forgot to get pics. Will be working on pulling the bed off tomorrow and hopefully get some good measurements for the new rear setup. Hopefully, if I remember, I will post some pics with the bed off. Should be interesting as I don't think the bed has been off this truck for at least 15 years.

awesome linn cant waite to see

how did you keep the pvc from moving cause i need to do something to get rid of the squeak on my truck

Depends on what springs you are running. On the front of my truck I am running a larger diameter spring. it is actually a coil over spring used for high performance coil over shock setups. Can get the springs here locally because of the large amount of stock car racers in the area. spring come in various degrees of stiffness. As for your question, the PVC pipe is sized so that the cylinder just fits thru it. Then, on either side of the metal, I used a larger diameter piece of PVC and glued it to the original piece. This keeps the inner sleeve from shifting up or down. Unfortunately if you are using the standard "mini coils" that you get with a standard hydro kit, the above wont work as the springs do not allow enough room for the glued on piece of PVC.

Another option would be to get the PVC pipe that just fits over the cylinder, cut it about 1.5" to 2" long, then slide that PVC into a metal pipe. The metal pipe would need some type cap to keep the PVC from sliding out the top, yet allow the cylinder to slide freely. You could then attach the metal pipe to the top of your frame mount for the hydraulic cylinder. This should give you a fair amount of support and atleast 1.5" to 2" of surface area for the cylinder to rub against as opposed to say 1/4".

Will post diagrams and pics in the hydro article I am doing for the Techi section - soon I hope.

ok thanks man im running a set of coil overs off of a civic on the front and stock accord springs on the rear and it has just now started squeaking and its getting on my nerves

I dont know if you have answered this but, how you gonna tie in the bed and cab? just curios i am looking for ideas cuz i am makeing mine a walkthru.

Then I would say the way I am doing my front setup should definitely calm your nerves

The info below is from page 6 I think.

Angle iron filler added to the front of the bed (vertical & horizontal). When the bed is reinstalled later, the gap will be filled with silicone, then upholsterd.

As promised - a few pics just after the bed was removed.





Definitely time for some remodeling.

I bet you dropped some cheese in all that chrome