8.25 shock mounts? Re-locating

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AZ DESERT RAT

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Location

MESA, ARIZONA

• Apr 5, 2005

• #1

OK...while I have my rear axle torn apart, I was thinking about moving the rear shock mounts up higher. Does anyone kow if someone make a new bracket that you can weld on or do you have to cut and re-shape the old ones?

 

Yucca-Man

NAXJA Member # 683

Location

Castle Rock, CO

• Apr 5, 2005

• #2

NAPA has a weld-on shock mount, I believe there are also occasional recommendations to use trailer perches and cut them in half although I admit I don't recall the details on that one. M.O.R.E. and RE are supposed to have them as well.

 

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AZ DESERT RAT

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Location

MESA, ARIZONA

• Apr 5, 2005

• #3

I may be wrong, but the ones I saw on the RE site are standard mounts(I thought) I am looking for ones that are already cut or machined to be up higher? I think the ones for a 44 will work...roughly the same size axle tube right?

 

Yucca-Man

NAXJA Member # 683

Location

Castle Rock, CO

• Apr 5, 2005

• #4

Hmm - I don't know whether the RE ones are stock or higher, although they can be cut of course prior to welding.

Also check out http://go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoRearShockM.htm

 

XJ_ranger

NAXJA Member

NAXJA Member

Location

Port Orchard, WA

• Apr 5, 2005

• #5

here are the mounts im making for my ford 9"



ignore the other pics

that is part of the shots for the axle swap...

The gusset goes in the direction of the torsional load - in line with the shock - and there is a washer that will be welded to the top of the gusset and the bolt.

Bolts are 5/8" bolts Grade 5 (easier to weld than grade 8)
Corse thread

Iron is 1/8" stock
would have gone with 3/16 - but none in stock at hardware store...

should be ok...

will be mounted about 1/2" up from the bottom of the axle tube...

like this:


http://www.opiebennett.com/images/Jeep/D4-ford9-swap/Day%206/index.htm

 

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2offroad

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Concord NC

• Apr 5, 2005

• #6

I just cut 2" out of my mounts and rewelded them back on.

 

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Wil Badger

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Utah

• Apr 5, 2005

• #7

Crawltech
has these for 15 bucks a pop.but they keep the shock mounted the right way .

you could make it yourself really

 

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67TEMP

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Glen Burnie, maryland

• Apr 5, 2005

• #8

JKS also makes a set.

 

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AZ DESERT RAT

NAXJA Forum User

Location

MESA, ARIZONA

• Apr 5, 2005

• #9

I concidered making them myself, but I have no fabrication tools/experience. Thanks for the links, I'm sure I can find something that will work...thanks again..

 

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bj-666

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Rhode Island

• Apr 5, 2005

• #10

just use a bolt that fits tightly thru the shock and weld it to the tub works fine and they are only $00.40 much cheeper than more or any other company that makes them and they work just as good.

 

Kejtar

PostMaster General

NAXJA Member

Location

Westminster, SoCal

• Apr 5, 2005

• #11

67TEMP said:

JKS also makes a set.

Click to expand...

JKS ones are real nice but if you buy them from JKS they're rather expensive. Anyways, visit the vendors forum and one of the most recently advertised vendors sells them at a lot better price (don't remember which one it was though)

 

themud

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Scottsdale AZ

• Apr 5, 2005

• #12

just use your stock ones come on over to my place and look at mine you just have to trim them up to get what ya want...
themud
just pm me if you want..