These were on the 9" rear axle on my truck when I bought it. I cleaned them up and repainted. But when I went to bolt them on I realized they aren't for a 9". They are for a smaller axle tube. Are they for the stock rearaxle on this truck?




I know there are certain things that I can't do without buying for this truck. So when I can fab something myself I'm going to. I had this steel laying around so I figured I would make my own axle ubolt plates.



Plasma cutter from eastwood is killer.

 

yes from original axle the tube on the original is smaller you can buy the shock mount from speedway for cheap

 

I got them as cheap as possible. Free!


I made some tabs and welded them on.

 

Really nice looking work!

 

Yes, nicely done!

 

Thanks for the compliments guys!

 

The ones from a F-2 are suppose to fit just right. I have a set from an F-2 to use on my panel when I install the 9".

 

Yes, good looking work, but not good engineering unless you are building for drag strip use only. Those shocks will do nothing for ride or handling. Sorry!
The shocks need to be mounted with the axle end as close to the end of the axle as possible. the top/frame end needs to be attached so the shock tip in towards the center of the truck at a 20* to 30* angle. If the shocks tip forwards and back at more than 5* (NEVER more than 10*) then one should tip forwards and the other back at the same angle.

Worse yet is the way those are mounted will break the mounts or the eyes off the shocks in short order.

 

[quote=AXracer;11456242]Yes, good looking work, but not good engineering unless you are building for drag strip use only. Those shocks will do nothing for ride or handling. Sorry!quote]

From the looks of it he used the factory upper mounts and just fabricataed some weld on tabs at th elower end of the shocks to mimic the placement that the factory pieces would have been. I did the same thing with my truck and so far, no issues.

Granted, ride and handling might not be the best in the worlds since I doubt the engineers back in the late 40's cared to much about ride and handling on a truck but, regardless, the shocks will be mounted in the factory location.

Bobby

 

I don't really understand whay you are saying here? The top and bottom are located in the identical place as the factory located them.

 

AX, can you post a pic of yours? As I recall you have a 9"? or did you go with the Jag IRS?

 

They will work just fine. It's a truck, not a racecar. The 67-72 F100s are mounted in almost the same manner. Obviously the 53-56s are mounted a bit differently. I see what Ax is saying, mainly because of the angle its at and its mounted orientation, the dampening effect is reduced a bit. It will still work none the less.

 

Thanks for the reply. I'm not an engineer by any means, so I like having things explained to me so I can understand them. I understand that maybe another setup would give a better ride. I just didn't understand the comment about the the shock mounts on the axle breaking off. The shocks aren't going to be bottoming out.

 

It looks great. Very nice job. That was the standard shock setup for decades.

 

I have a 9"
here's mine:

There are a couple more in my "making changes" gallery.