The attached is more what I'm leaning, to A CORR type design with the CO in where the BP is in this picture. You really don't want to do this. With as narrow as the Ford frames are, by the time you move the upper axle pivots in enough to clear the frame under articulation the angle on the uppers wi...

PaulW wrote:Yes, the c clip joints are less reliable. The snap ring is much better.

The clip isn't really the problem, it's the cap rotating under heavy loads that spits the clip out. A small tack weld on the cap will end this problem.

I do My own.........

How do you find that point? Testing and testing and more testing. Thats why im not a fan of sending in shocks for a "revalve". Go out in the desert and get dirty. The only way to do it. Video tape it going down through a rough section and play it back in slow-mo. And be prepared to pull the shocks ...

They had Rancho radius arm kits and shocks on them and thats about it. Most of them are very beat down. Would not recomend......

Now, I'm really looking for compliance at the slow end, which would be almost completely wrong for race speeds. A set-up that will be smoother then stock and yet will function long after the stock set up has packed it in. Compliant and then again when that unavoidable big hole or rock magically app...

Yup, spacer block is needed for spring over set-up's.

Unless you isolate the BP's, get ready to wear headsets..........

It's all about the position sensatives...........

OK, so you still have the cardin joint. Assemble the pads, axle and center it with the pinion facing strait forward. U-bolts should be snug but not tight. Jack up the rear till your off the jack stands on the frame. Take the stands and put them under the axle and lower the axle on to them. This will...

kjacko619 wrote:i have a raw currie prerunner rearend (no tabs/perches). How do know when i have the angle/placement correct,after reading most of the threads on here, i know its critical too prevent viabration. Thanks for your help.

Which driveshaft do you have? Cardin joint or no?

Aw geez, don't let Steve W see this or he will never stop bugging Me to fix his Blazer......

Although, I might be willing to fix the steering if it means we don't have to spend hours waiting for him to fix that pile on the trail.........

Very nice!

yikes wrote:I thought 74 was Jeffries old truck, but it appears even they have gone to a linked rear. Does Jeffries actually build these?

Yes, he's building trucks now.

So that's why you were driving around with the windows up on the course marking. AC and filtered air.

It's like wheres Waldo LOL.........

Well, Barge #2 had no soul. It only saw street duty for about 6 Mo's before My lovely CHP long block took a dump. Since I was getting almost 2 years out of My own builds this really irritated Me. So it sat like this for 5 or 6 years..... http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/bdkw1/For%20sale/DSC001...

Hola amigo's.

Awesome build, love the motor mounts. Haven't seen it done like that in a long time.