03-13-2014, 10:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-13-2014, 11:03 PM by broncosbybart.)
Got some more work done on it. The front end is heavy! Got it set into place for now and tacked the new radius arm brackets on. Right now, it has 8 degrees of caster and still has a good pinion angle. Being a high pinion axle helps as well, but I'm sure it is going to create problems with the large oil pan on the 4BT. That is down the road though. I don't plan to burn any welds in until I know all the pieces of this jigsaw puzzle fit together.
The new coil springs are 4.5" WH rock crawler coils. I'm thinking with the weight of this thing, they will compress more than enough. Might even need 5.5" coils, or a F250 coil or something. For now, they're just sitting on the radius arm brackets. I plan to fab up some lower coil buckets, and yes, the frame mounted brake brackets will be relocated to the front axle like they should be.
The new coil springs are 4.5" WH rock crawler coils. I'm thinking with the weight of this thing, they will compress more than enough. Might even need 5.5" coils, or a F250 coil or something. For now, they're just sitting on the radius arm brackets. I plan to fab up some lower coil buckets, and yes, the frame mounted brake brackets will be relocated to the front axle like they should be.