Bending Chromoly

[bdkw1]

37s on a van are hard unless you go really tall. The door gets in the way. A buddy has 37s on his but he has an 05+ D60 in the front. The extra width helps with tire clearance.

 

[bdkw1]

Edit, it still rubs.

 

[2big bronco]

37s on a van are hard unless you go really tall. The door gets in the way. A buddy has 37s on his but he has an 05+ D60 in the front. The extra width helps with tire clearance.

@jeff555. Yours is pretty tall, but what size tires are on yours?

 

[booger]

Edit, it still rubs.

Nice.

Here is mine in Baja 3 days after buying it.

 

[mobil1syn]

Nice.

Here is mine in Baja 3 days after buying it.

are you copying ridgeways setup?

 

[booger]

are you copying ridgeways setup?

Winner

 

[Jeffh555]

@jeff555. Yours is pretty tall, but what size tires are on yours?

Mine is on 37s, but is not that relevant to this conversation. It is solid axle (99-04 SD60), 6” lift, axle is pushed forward a bit, has only a couple inches of uptravel, and the tires only barely rub. I plan to trim the back corner of the fenders, but it hasn’t been a priority for over 5 years.

I wouldn’t call mine tall, I think 6” of lift is about the minimum with a solid axle. The 4” lifted solid axle vans have very little uptravel.

Back to this conversation, the bend in the radius arm doesn’t change the suspension geometry.

Could you pay a shop to bend you a couple tubes and ship them to you?

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

I have 1-3/4" 6" radius dies for my bender and it bends .120 cromo easily. If all else fails ship them up to me and I'll bend them and ship them back to you.

 

[booger]

I was able to find a local that could bend them. I brushed off my coping skills and got them tacked up. Looking good, just waiting on some fresh bushings before I tack up the brackets and work out final positioning.

 

[booger]

Mine is on 37s, but is not that relevant to this conversation. It is solid axle (99-04 SD60), 6” lift, axle is pushed forward a bit, has only a couple inches of uptravel, and the tires only barely rub. I plan to trim the back corner of the fenders, but it hasn’t been a priority for over 5 years.

I wouldn’t call mine tall, I think 6” of lift is about the minimum with a solid axle. The 4” lifted solid axle vans have very little uptravel.

Back to this conversation, the bend in the radius arm doesn’t change the suspension geometry.

Could you pay a shop to bend you a couple tubes and ship them to you?

Mine was 6" tall and I would agree with you, it had minimal up travel and is the reason for this swap. When completed it should end up shorter a couple inches and still clear the 35s with minimal rubbing at the extremes of wheel travel.