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dodge2g

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Hello I need some schooling on picking out bracket material.

My build is a 1996 dodge ram 3500 that I’m 4 linking in the rear and doing a Radis arm in the front and air ride

I need bracket material for my air bags and link tabs.

My brackets on my truck are 3/16 right now but I don’t trust it so I was going to go up to 1/4 but now I’m thinking if that’s thick enough so maybe 5/16???
Also I don’t know about the types of steel I’ve read people use A36 cold rolled???

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I also want to make links like this.
 
What loads and trailers will this truck see?

When I built mine, I used 1/4" steel, based on the F350 brackets I mimicked.

I did all Chevy rear springs, with Ford Fronts.
 

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SLOWPOKE693 said:
Clean up in isle 3...... :shaking:

I must be doing cool shit if I have Grendel "following" me now.
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Lol. Been following all your racing escapades since day one. Love the fuck out of it.
 
What are these brackets going to look like when you make them? The shape and size matter a lot when determining material thickness.
 
Gbkeith said:
Can we see the Autocar or Diamond T or whatever it is?
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Not germane to the OP's question, but sure: Sold it. biggest and heaviest we've ever done.

Gbkeith said:
What are these brackets going to look like when you make them? The shape and size matter a lot when determining material thickness.
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There ya go.
 

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Grendel said:
What loads and trailers will this truck see?

When I built mine, I used 1/4" steel, based on the F350 brackets I mimicked.

I did all Chevy rear springs, with Ford Fronts.
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I’m not sure not over 1k horsepower
 
Gbkeith said:
What are these brackets going to look like when you make them? The shape and size matter a lot when determining material thickness.
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The bars will look something like the ones posted which possible this cut out
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dodge2g said:
I’m not sure not over 1k horsepower
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I’m also thing about hooking up to a seld from time to time. Not too often but I don’t want to have suspension failures that’s for sure
 
I believe you stumbled into the wrong tech sub forum, this would be better suited in noob 4x4, that being said, those trellis type links are not a great design for any actual wheeling. Are you trying to build a show truck? They're going to be terribly hard to clean, get all kinds of road grime stuck in them, etc.

A36 in 3/16 or 1/4 should be fine, pickled and oiled would be better (pre-loaded, easier to weld) but you will need to run them through a design program with stress analysis due to the design, and definitely radius all corners.

Are you planning on hand cutting these with a plasma?
 
He’s building a pavement pounder. The cut out “fabricated” links are the style/norm.

Weasel said:
3/8" A36 would work for a heavy turd.

Don't do links like that, just get whatever Ruffstuff or TMR sells for a build your own trailing arm kit.
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This guy just trolled you real bad....or he is super gay and doesn't know it.

Either way very entertaining :lmao:

I thought big gay SEMA builds were over and everyone moved on to EV converting shit. Guess I'm behind the times.

Better figure out the Lambo door mods first.
 
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