Air ride pictures for Stick4trucks.

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Sep 12, 2015 | 07:10 AM

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mknittle

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Originally Posted by thrashingcows

Yeah there are many threads on CF that I just have to ignore. As much as I love to help people out, when your restating the same stuff week after week it gets a little tiresome.

I like the guys that ask for help then argue that their way works best.

Sep 13, 2015 | 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Philip

It could still bend. Remember your only working with 3" to 5" max tube size in the spring area. Your stock spring bushings are 1.25" dia X 2 13/16" wide. So there is one limitation to deal with. Then you have to deal with a spring mount that is not much larger than the OD of the spring end. This is the biggest issue. It doesn't allow much upward travel on an air ride. This would cause bottom out of the arm. Plus that rubber bushing will cause problems. It does not have enough give or twisting travel. BTDT and still fighting it.

On square box I would put weld slugs into the tube to control the chance of bending/ twisting.

I see what you're saying. In regards to the front spring hanger and bushing, could one weld a bushing housing to the top side of the square tubing used in order to obtain more upward travel? As for the rubber bushing, are there any other types of bushings that could be used in its place? Say, something like this grease-able bushing with a weldable housing from Ballistic Fab?