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Old 01-08-2018, 09:00 PM
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Default Rear suspension

I designed and drew up numerous brackets and had them laser cut out.

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Here is a close up of one of the engine mount brackets installed.

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Here is the triangulated 4-link air-ride tacked into place. Checked for nice smooth motion through all ranges of suspension travel.

We swapped rear end housings as well. Changed the width a bit and if I remember correctly the previous one had two different axle styles (bearings) and housing ends installed?!? Seemed odd to me!ha

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Closer picture showing the upper air bag mount on the frame rail, the lower bag mount on the axle and the upper link and brackets.

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Here is the lower link bar and axle brackets. The bar was mounted on the outside of the frame rail.

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This shows the how I had to make the upper link brackets different as it was a centered pinion carrier / offset housing.

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This shows the lower link bar brackets clamped to the frame for testing. There were two side plates flush with the frame sides with a center shaft for the bar end mounting bolt.

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View from the rear. I bent up a tubular crossmember. (yes the bend is offcenter. I thought it looked better to "mirror" the rear end housing rather than be off center but symmetrical in the frame.

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Here the upper shock brackets were fit on the crossmember and the shocks installed and tested for fit & operation / travel.

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