Re: JPOR: Taller shock towers

[Obi-Wan <bvh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris wrote:
> The Ford towers lean out slightly more than the YJ ones, and since they're
> an eye-type mount you chuck out the pin-eye adapters (1.5-2" right there),
> and they take up less room around the inner fenderwell walls, where it
> counts.
> The tops of the Ford towers are about 1/4" from the fender wall sheetmetal,
> and about 1" from the top of the fenderwell.  Any taller, and you'd have to
> punch 'em through the fenders...

Yup, sure enough.  Cheap plastic rulers don't lie.

>> Would you be so kind as to measure how high the center of the shock eye is
>> above the top of the frame, and how far out it is horizontally from the
>> outer edge of the frame?
>
> Cheap plastic ruler measurements: the top of the shock eye is 8.5" above the
> top of the frame rail, and 3.5" out from the outside of the frame rail.

That's about 1" further out than the stock mount, and 3" above the
flat surface on top of the stock mount.  That would gain me about
4.25" in shock length thanks to my pin-eye adapter.  Even if I raise
the lower mount up even with the axle tube, I'd still gain about 1.25"
in shock length.

>> Have you seen any rubbing since you installed them last fall?
>
> No rubbing so far, but with the EB/disk brake D44 and the 3-3/4" backspaced
> whitespokes, I'm a fair bit wider than stock.

It doesn't _look_ like I'd get any rubbing with my 33x9.50's on stock
15x7 rims, either.  Of course, it was sitting in the parking garage
when I inspected it just now.

>> Do you have two t-cases, or do you have innards of one in the other's case?
>
> Two.  But Dave, your wife REALLY want you reading this one:  <G>
> http://www.bc4x4.com/tech/waterman/waterman.asp

Bastard.  ;-)

-- Obi-Wan
'95.5 YJ, '77 Wag

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