they got donated to me by a buddy and worked real well for the application and i would like to find the source for them if possible. he didn't know as they had been given to him also. i've seached a bunch but not found them yet.....ken....
nah they aren't s**** bin'ers. the pieces are nicely cut and welded production looking pieces, nice radius edges that wouldn't have been that crisp by hand.. they were wrapped in plastic and had a label on them but it was just a black smudge on white sticker by the time i got them. yeah they'd be easy to duplicate. but if they are avaiable and reasonable it's something i won't have to make.this'll probably get the thread shut down but they are damn near perfect shock mounts for jag ifs swap keeping the stock shock.
maybe they were produced and sold, not home made, but many home made parts are finished at LEAST that well and sometimes better. As stated in prior post, those would be super easy to make at 'home' or shop.
looks like those used to relocate front shocks after you airbag the front. I would check with some airbag sites. I have seen them before (I plan to make a set for my wagon) (just read gimpys post.. he got it covered)
thanks gimpy. that looks like them. i'm sure they souce them elsewhere so a little sourcing may fin them a bit cheaper. borderline on buy those or make them for customers stuff at that price time and materials it'd probably be about the same by the timey add shipping and such. beertestr i'll snap a pic when i'm in the garage in a bit...
heres a coupla quick pics of how i used them. i sunk them down as close to the nubs for the upper a arm bumpstops and the stock jag shock has about 1/4" of travel left when the lower bumpstop hits. i'll probably try and find a slightly shorter shock when new ones are bought....
In my opinion, those shock mounts are not strong in the way they are configured and attached to the cross member. The tapered sides are weakest at the bottom, the very place were they are attached. The bending moment imposed on that bracket by the shock absorber will likely either bend the bracket and/or break it off from metal fatigue. For that bracket to work as originally configured, it should be backed by a frame rail for at least half it's height for maximum rigidity. In your application, the sides should be the same width from the top down to the base of the bracket, if not a bit farther.
looks like a generic shock relocation bracket from an air ride kit . check out the ridetech site for dozens of similar brackets
this is for my truck and a test pig and i think they are going to be plenty strong. i have made gussets from the back of the bracket to the top tower of the crossmember if i think they need a little more back bone. that side gusset is also burned into the crossmember more than it looks in the pic. my first thought was to cut the bracket down to the end of the side gusset and that may be the lead i take with doing future ones. with that i'll have to sit down with the shock book and find something about 3" shorter than the stock units. this was done this way mostly to test it and see if it's possible to use the stock shocks. i think i now have 5 sets of the stock jag shocks that are all good so i was configuring to use what i've got. angle of the brackets is noted and will be checked at various times. i can also add a rear gusset and bring it further down if i think it needs it. budget it tight on this thing and lots of using what i've got on hand being employed. the brackets were free so if i gotta put a little time in them i'm still ahead. i have more in floor pans/steps/rockers than i paid for the truck.. if it wasn't a big window shortbed i wouldn't have messed with it.
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