I ended up with a pre 1961 9 inch under my unibody,and was hoping to find a set of rear shock mounts. or at least a picture of one so that I could try and fab something up.
I do not really want to weld on to the 3 inch tubes at this point
Anyone have a set laying around?
THanks
John

 

Why not weld on the 9"? That's what I did with the axle swap into the 48 F1. Cut the brackets off with an angle grinder, set them in the right place and angle with just a little careful fitting and welded them back on. Just be careful not to get the axle too hot and keep a dry fire extinguisher handy. Drained the fluid first to be on the safe side.

10 years later it's still working.

 

mtflat,
That would require three things I do not have
1) the brackets to a more modern rear
2)the welding expertise to make it both safe and visually appealing
3) the time or disposition to spend on a truck that will be for sale soon, as apposed to the ones I plan on keeping.

All that being said I may be forced to goober something up if I can not find what I am looking for
Pictures of what they are supposed to look like would go a long way to helping me decide what to do
Thanks for the input
John

 

Hi John, this is what I did for shock mounts. Welding to the axle tube is'nt too much of a problem. I looked around in the aftermarket catalogs at mounts and decided they can be fabbed quite easily. I made up a pattern in Autocad, printed it full size and then traced it onto eighth in. plate. ( oem is the same). I cut them out with a cutting blade on the angle grinder, smoothed them on the bench grinder and voila. I welded them on the tube at the same plane as original but moved over to a new position. I used an old shock mounted at the top to locate the new position. Here's a couple pics. It is quite easy to do.
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If you want the pdf send me a pm

 

If you can find the lower spring perch/shock mounts from a truck with a full floating axle (the F2 or F3's) it should fit the axle tube of the 9" diff (3" OD)

I've also see where people have taken an angle grinder to the F1 mounts and "massage" them out from the 2 1/2" up to the 3"

Good luck
Bobby

 

You might try a salvage yard and look for a set of shock mount brackets which mounts to the rearend ubolts. I believe there are a few members who have use the explorer rearend and used the shock mounts which came with them.

 

Thinking way back, I think some of the cars or trucks had a lower shock mount which was part of the plate that attached the springs to the rear axle. I wish my garage, parts books and trailer (from a 64 F100) were closer (I'm 600 miles away) so I could check.

 

That's a great idea, I never thought to try that. This way the original spring mounting braket is retained also, they often get overlooked when a person picks up a diff.

 

These spring plates are avalable from Summit Racing and are not expensive. I used them to mount shocks on my 10 bolt Chevy rear end. These fit a three inch axle...



Then I added an extra crossmember for the upper mounts...

 

merv49
I would love to have the file but the site will not let me send you a pm.
Please send me a pm with your e address so I can send you mine
John

 

Hey John, I think I found your addy and I forwarded those shock mount pdf's.

 

Thanks,
I got them. I was looking around and clicked on your user name and then send an e-mail.So it worked, great
john

 

Awesome, let us know how things turn out...happy to be of help.

 

W/a 9" rear axle, 1966/71 Fairlane/Torino/Comet/Montego, 1971/73 Mustang/Cougar.

1948/89 truck and 1949/89 car parts catalogs can be bought on CD's from hipoparts.com.

 

I'll second Bill's mention of hippoparts. I've got a couple of their CD's, which I should keep with my traveling laptop....