Technical front shackle mount shocks ?

Anyone running these? I'm not sure it is safe.
Looking for feedback from people who have done it.
My truck gets driven around 5000 miles a year.
1931 ford model a.

 

Mount the shackle so the extra stud is on the perch half, and it should be safe. But will mount the bottom half of the shock a lot higher than most setups.

 

I used those on a '35 Plymouth build, but I completely boxed the mounts in. I didn't feel good leaving those two sides as is, and not enclosing them to make them stronger.
I also made up a spreader bar to go between the spacer rods on each bracket and put heim ends on the spreader bar to be able to adjust it. Didn't come with any shackles like yours, and just installed the shocks to the single hole.

 

I haven't bought them yet. Shock length is a concern also.

 

I use them. Been shortened a bit. Seem fine to me. I don’t use the shackle mount though. You should be fine.

 

Yes, for sure.

 

It's generally not an issue if a shock mount breaks ??? You simply repair it & go on about your business....

 

I had a set of those but like @1971BB427 I didn't like it not being boxed and I didn't like the shock height either. I ended up building my own and using the "standard" lower shock mount..

 

I'm wanting to move the axle out front and need the shocks to mount behind axle. I have a stock style frontend with hairpins. Don't Can't and won't mount them to hairpins.
I'm wanting to keep the cross steer also.
I like the look of wheels in front of radiator and headlights.

 

That ^^ one will fight the spring.

 

The shock is intended to control the wheel & tire movement , installed as shown it will do exactly that , I don't understand your concern .

 

The spring will widen as it compresses, changing the shackle angle, which the shock is attached to the other end of. So as the axle bumps up, the bottom of the shock will swing inward as well as upward. Who knows, maybe this is a benefit? Twice the shock travel for half the axle bounce.

 

I have driven this car over bumps and it drives great.

 

Yeah I don't know either, the shock is actually playing teeter-totter with the spring.

Not saying it won't or doesn't work but I wouldn't run it.....

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Wouldn't that give the shock a "progressive" capability?
The farther the axle moves up, the closer to vertical the shocks get, and the stiffer the system becomes.....

 

YES