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Old 06-20-2011, 05:23 PM
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Fabtech radius arms have castor adjustment. The lower bolt has a cam which you rotate to adjust the castor. These are for '05+ trucks.
 
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Originally Posted by DJR96
Ah yeah, my bad.....
At least you haven't so much casting in the way, making it easier to work with.


Now there's a great idea! Looking forward to seeing that.
yeah, not that much casting in the way but everything else would have been cake... and yeah, there are companies that make radius arms (like fabtech) that can adjust the castor, just the way I'll be doing it is different... well, I'm sure it has been done, just not on a super donkey, lol...

now I'm just curious, does anyone know the spread of the mounts on stock '05+ trucks on the axle side? I can always peek under a truck, but figure maybe someone knew lol...

Joey
 
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now I'm just curious, does anyone know the spread of the mounts on stock '05+ trucks on the axle side? I can always peek under a truck, but figure maybe someone knew lol...

Joey
Nup. They were scrap metal a while ago..............

Now go and use your own tape measure.
 
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comments? suggestions? ideas??? first version of the frame side bracket... about 12" long and the bolt hole for the radius arm hangs about 4.5" below the frame... thinking about possibly moving if further back and in the middle? I'll end up modifying this one again and see how I like it... maybe even get the load paths on it...

Joey
 
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first off... bump, lol...

second... picked these up:



2.5x12" sway away coilovers... need a rebuild, revalve, and dual rate hardware and springs... need to figure out what valving I'm gonna run and what springs as well... probably gonna buy all the bushings in a couple of weeks... need to get my bike going again if I'm gonna tear down into my truck before school starts, though! my goal for this project (front only) is 8/26... we'll see how this pans out...

Joey
 
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