muddy Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 I have pin pin +5" front shocks outside the springs that I have on home made top mounts and standard twin shock style bottom mounts. I have snapped both bottom mounts off over the last 18months and had problems with them loosening bolts/oveling holes ect. I will be making some new ones probably that pick up on both radius arm bolts and the panhard rod bracket and or weld them to the axle but I am just fishing for ideas/pictures and or suggestions. At the minute I have only had to reshape the inner wing slightly and drill a 20mm hole to put the bit on the top of the shocker, if possible I would like to keep this the same as it helps keep the engine bay clean and means I don't have to reloacat anything else. Ideas please..... Will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Idris Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I just can't get on board with pin ends. I know they obsorb better due to the reduced movement, but they fight the travel. And when they do that they load up and stuff breaks. It looks like a job for ball joints (good ones). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 These rough country shocks are 3/8" pin in a 3/4"? Hole so they don't seem to bind up the brackets just can't take the pain it seems, I would like to stick with the shocks as I like the performance vs cost on them and already have 5 of them. Will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 cut the pin shorter and fit a female rose joint. Then fab a bracket that picks up on both sides of the radius arm forming a Clevis for the rose joint????? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boydie Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 You could start by hitting the area to be photographed with a pressure cleaner first so that we could see the problem . Pin to Pin shocks have a movement limitation, rose joints as Dangerous Doug mentioned are an option but given the crud you seem to enjoy driving in the rose joint wont last very long. I would look at welding a "U" bracket onto the existing lower point and selecting a shock(s) that has a conventional bottom "eyelet" connection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddy Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 That's clean! You should have seen it last week. I made some new mounts own friday just need to test them now. Will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddychris300tdi Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Could it not be that your shocks are to long and are bottoming out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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