Coil over front and linked rear end

[Toner619]

Getting ready to tackle doing coil overs on the front of the truck and linking the rear end. What suggestions do you guys have for a truck that still gets driven on the road and occasionally pulls a trailer?

 

[04chase]

If your using stock a arms and adding coil overs . Remember to keep the coil overs mounted as close to perpendicular to the arm travel to reduce side loading the bushings with the pressure from the coil over. The front needs a very heavy spring . I ended up with 800 lb springs to hold the front where it needed.

Linking the rear and towing can be done . Though going from unloaded to loaded will drastically affect the suspension. Helper bags or a kelderman setup .

You can get a great ride with good leaf springs and still have ability to tow.

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[Chevy1925]

If your using stock a arms and adding coil overs . Remember to keep the coil overs mounted as close to perpendicular to the arm travel to reduce side loading the bushings with the pressure from the coil over. The front needs a very heavy spring . I ended up with 800 lb springs to hold the front where it needed.

Linking the rear and towing can be done . Though going from unloaded to loaded will drastically affect the suspension. Helper bags or a kelderman setup .

You can get a great ride with good leaf springs and still have ability to tow.

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only at full bump, doing otherwise cause the shock to go into a falling rate and your valving goes to shit when you need it most.

 

[04chase]

only at full bump, doing otherwise cause the shock to go into a falling rate and your valving goes to shit when you need it most.

Are you meaning to the axis line of the control arm to a 90 degree angle of the shock if your looking from outside the wheel in.
Or the angle in which the lower control arm is 90 degree to the coil over at full bump looking parrallel to the frame.

Im asking because i have noticed on my setup (2.5x8 c/o) with a 4" cradle lift i am near perpendicular at full bump.
Though i have noticed by lower arm bushings getting load to the rear because of a slight forward angle on the coil over to lca angle.

My fix is to fab a bracket similar to the ntbd bracket to better align the c/o to 90 of the arm axis and not be so hard on bushings. Also making some delrin bushings for the lca and uca

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[Chevy1925]

Are you meaning to the axis line of the control arm to a 90 degree angle of the shock if your looking from outside the wheel in.
Or the angle in which the lower control arm is 90 degree to the coil over at full bump looking parrallel to the frame.

Im asking because i have noticed on my setup (2.5x8 c/o) with a 4" cradle lift i am near perpendicular at full bump.
Though i have noticed by lower arm bushings getting load to the rear because of a slight forward angle on the coil over to lca angle.

My fix is to fab a bracket similar to the ntbd bracket to better align the c/o to 90 of the arm axis and not be so hard on bushings. Also making some delrin bushings for the lca and uca

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Both will affect what I was stating.