Offroad-Express

Yes, it looks like they are the same as the 70s, east/west.
Probley find that the 60s and the 70s are the same parts (apart from the track width)

The front is definitely the same as the 70. I have 60 series plates in the front of my 70 and they bolted straight up. I'm still pretty sure the rear is different.

Thats great to know, I'll have a look at the shock mount setup this w/e and see if my idea to lengthen the shock mount pin a little will solve my nob adjustment issue...

I had a look on the weekend to see if my idea to lengthen the shock mount might overcome the issue of adjustment nob fouling the spring pack/swaybar. Obviously my memory doesnt serve me that well cause I seem to remember the mount pointing at the wheel, not to the rear of the truck as the photo below shows...



I think if I welded the shock mount a little offset to what it is now on the new spring plates I might be able to clear the airline adjuster but it would be farkn tight. In the pick of the recessed plates earlier in this thread the shock mount looks like its moved up a little also, would this be right Kevin?

Here's a drawing of the pin position, If you turned the shocky around, with the knob faceing out, would there be enough clearance between the spring and shocky when on full articulation.
The pin can be fitted further out, depending on the diameter of the shocks.

If you turn the shock around the adjuster will sit just above the swaybar and foul (ie. possibly break the adjuster off) when the sway bar moves up and down. If I located the shcok body as close as possible to the swaybar then I could probably use the air fitting, since this has only a marginally wider profile than the manual adjuster nob...

i know. remove the sway bar and see if it actually does anything. mine didnt..

I removed it and had the front shock controls plumbed up, but it was farked on the road, chevy powered acceleration coupled with rapidly approaching corners = freakn dodgy at times, so I put it back on. I really want to run a swaybar because I do plenty of kms on the road, and I think that you shoulnt have to compromise road manners absolutely for offroad performance. More and more Im thinking a well setup SOA is the way to go...

LT1-62 wrote:More and more Im thinking a well setup SOA is the way to go...

Are you sure? Jtop would definitely say coils are the best way. And so do I

how would you expect him to bent his leaves into coils??
dont know how the hangers would work if they were all twisted..

Give up Turoa, he's from the South Island, youre wasting your time talking sense.
J Top

Go the spring-over-cart setup !

I can't talk... I'm waiting till after the Sheffield mudplug then ripping the back end out of the MU to try this fandangled northern coil thingamy (was going to do it before, but I have a notorious habit of taking 10 times longer to complete any mods to my truck than I thought I would so I figure wait till I don't need it for a few weeks )

But Matt - look at the coil front setup idea... then throw it away in disgust and SOA the old girl...

Steve

The reason I like the SOA idea is that its something that I can do by myself. I can follow 50 threads and tech articles on the net, buy the parts and come up with something that works well. I would much rather have coils all round on my truck but in the absence of having someone show me how to do it (someone who preferably has experience building similar setups) I feel out of my league doing coils. Im sure I could come up with something functional but Im skeptical whether it would be better than a well setup SOA.

Coils in the rear sure would be sweet given that I just about already need a wrap bar due to LT1 induce spring bend, SOA Id defo need one... SOA front, coil rear?

What Id really like to do is a 4-link in the rear (ala Jafa Hilux project) but again unless I have someone to guide design and/or take ownership of the project it aint gonna happen. Can you buy 4-link kits?...

http://www.snakeracing.com.au/hiluxwrapbar.html

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Get out the cheque book.. or order a plane ticket. I went over and picked up my gear..

OH so sexy but OH so pricey... :bom: