another '66 front shock relocation bracket question
What's up fellas? I am about to fashion some simple brackets to raise the upper shock mounting point on the front of my lowered '66 C20, and just had a thought I wanted to run by you guys. I drilled out the original rear brackets and made some out of tubing per Lakeroadster's thread:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=451200 It looks to me like I could trim the original rear brackets and weld or bolt them to the frame above the original front mount stud locations. Has anybody else done this? Mounted to the side or top of the frame rail? Any pics? I realize I'm surely over thinking this, as this is a very simple task, but I am curious to see how others mounted theirs if this has been done before. |
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I finally got around to trimming these old rear shock mounts up this weekend. These will be welded to my frame rails, moving the upper shock mount about 3" upward. Very similar to the aftermarket relocators available, except free.
In case anybody cares, here's some pics. |
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Awesome job man. I was just trying to figure out how I was going to relocate my aswell. Thanks for posting
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Thanks! I'm kinda surprised I haven't seen them done like this in other posts. Maybe no one bothers with it because the aftermarket ones are readily available. No thanks, I'm a cheapskate.
You'll need an extra pair of shock bolt sleeves too, if you wanna use a standard 1/2" bolt on the top of each shock. The stock upper eyelet of the shock doesn't have one in it. The size you need are 1/2" i.d., 5/8" o.d., and approx 1 3/8" from end to end. I got some off of ebay. Not sure if local parts places carry them or not. |
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Good thinking making use of old parts. Post up some pics when you get them installed.
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this is what me and my friend did to mine
i went from this |
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to this
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Will do, Cap'n.
Definitely looks better now, Wolfman. What was up with that first mount? Previous hack job or something? Any tips on placement? I think the plan is to jack the truck up so the a-arms are fully extended. Then bolt the bottom of the shock to the arm, and with the new bracket loosely attached to the top of the shock, and with the shock fully extended, lean it up against the frame and tack it in place. Any reason you guys can think of this wouldn't work? I've already trimmed the rusty old inner fenders so the mounts can encroach on them a little. I'm using original length shocks, so my upper mounting point will be a few inches higher than the one shown in Wolmanmike's pics. |
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Wow! That must have been a hell of a jolt to rip that big ol' stud out of the frame rail. I don't feel so bad for over thinking this now though. My original thought after dropping the front 3" was "just slap the original length shocks on there and see what happens". After seeing your pics... I'm glad I decided to frankenstein some brackets for it instead.
I thought the term POS only applied to Ford vehicles? Maybe that was a different acronym... :smoke: |
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Alright dudes, here's the finished product. Bubblegum welds and all. Those new shocks sure do make everything else look crusty.
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Well, it rode just fine across the yard. Ha! The headlights have decided they aren't going to work anymore, so I couldn't get it out for a real test drive this weekend. I think I'm going to have to sort our some more of the previous owner's wiring mess under the dash. He must have owned stock in a toggle switch company or something.
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