I have a couple of videos, but their with stock rear shackles
SS springs & sliders...
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cannucky
The Guy With No Birthday
Do you increase the rear gap to accommodate the extra springs ? I too was surprised how little it moved I know with the SS springs my car plants hard when the tires are warm enough to hook and the snubber thumps the floor pan .
cannucky
The Guy With No Birthday
I like the ease of use of those trailer brackets I'm just a little leary of the strength , what kind of load are they actually designed for ?
Nice work! Those brackets are perfect! Guess I know what to do if I put sliders on anything else! Way easier to order those than spend the time fabricating what I did. Drill a couple holes and you're off to the races.
I'm surprised you were able to locate them that far forward, mine have to be a good half inch further back, maybe more. But it looks like you've got a lot more spring arch than I do, so I suppose that makes sense.
Looks to me like those brackets are at least 1/8" steel. Which makes them a heck of a lot stronger than the original shackle mounting brackets. Mine are only made out of 1/8", and the stock shackle mounts are made out of 16 gauge if I'm not mistaken.
cannucky
The Guy With No Birthday
Sweet then I guess we know what to order then thanks !
cannucky
The Guy With No Birthday
I just have to find a single perch for my spare rear end housing , then I can split it into 2 halves and have them welded on beside the current perches making them wide enough to relocate the hole . I also need to order the front relocating hangers because I really need to get some more room between the spring and the tire , I'm down around 3/4 - 1 inch using a crappy spacer that I want to be rid of , or maybe keep and add a little more rubber lol !
cannucky
The Guy With No Birthday
funny I stumbled back on this thread , I actually found a 12 x12 chunk of 1/4 inch steel at work today and tossed it on my trunk thinking "theres my slider brackets",now that I see am more confident the store bought brackets are going to work I guess I'll save it for the next little doohickey lol !
duster44d
Well-Known Member
Those brackets are great and thick ,strong..The bracket has a center slot so I used that for my bolt up front and since the sliders have four holes in the back it allowed me to go forward or back.Those brackets are nice and made everything easy for me at least.Nice work! Those brackets are perfect! Guess I know what to do if I put sliders on anything else! Way easier to order those than spend the time fabricating what I did. Drill a couple holes and you're off to the races.
I'm surprised you were able to locate them that far forward, mine have to be a good half inch further back, maybe more. But it looks like you've got a lot more spring arch than I do, so I suppose that makes sense.
Looks to me like those brackets are at least 1/8" steel. Which makes them a heck of a lot stronger than the original shackle mounting brackets. Mine are only made out of 1/8", and the stock shackle mounts are made out of 16 gauge if I'm not mistaken.
Thanks to 72bluNblu photos..
famous bob
mopar misfit
order from jegs , were about 16 bucks for a pair. I did the cut in half thing about 7-8 yrs ago, works well, no worrying about getting the angles off.
cannucky
The Guy With No Birthday
sweet thanks I have a spare housing I am going to build to replace the **** eyed one I have been running and thats when the slides will go in as well .
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