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Front wheel travelWhat we do to get wheel travel.There are numerous lift companys out there but Autofab is the only company to offer a 5 inch lift and 16" of front wheel travel for the 1965 to 1979 Ford 2WD twin I beam trucks. Up to 4 shocks per wheel custom hoop structures , fabricated coil spring buckets with optional coil height adjusters ! New pivot structures for the beams are fabricated then welded to the buckets. This is a bolt on kit of racing quality that you can install yourself, if you have reasonable mechanical skills!
This kit is shown with coil adjusters and reinforced radius arm options. Price $3450 exchange on beams and radius arms. This kit will work on F250 and F350 trucks as well from 1965 to 79. Add $200 for F250/350 kits. Optional mono ball and rod end joints on beams and radius arms. Call for current pricing on rod ends. First we inspect the king pin end then straighten the I beam. We have a 100 ton press in our shop to accomplish this ! 90 percent of the time the beams are tweaked from hitting a curb or ditch and even previous bending at alignment shops. Their common practice is to bow the beam to correct minor camber changes. The beams are then aligned for the 4" of lift. This requires bending for camber and caster on each beam. The radius arms are then lengthened about a foot to allow the beam and spindle to droop further for more wheel travel. We fabricate our extensions from solid steel not just tubing because we want our radius arms to be stronger than stock. New threaded ends are installed on the radius arms at this time. New radius arm pivot brackets are fabricated to correct the bushing alignment and offset the radius arm in for more tire clearance. Also provisions for a crossmember are designed into the pivot brackets for you chassis guys. To get wheel travel to work you need longer shocks and different mounts. Here is I discovered the problems of working with a stock coil bucket. It basically is in the way of good shock mounting ! This led to the development of our coil bucket complete with beam pivot brackets built in. Now we have plenty of room to put our longer travel shocks on the front and back side of the coil. With special shock mounts welded to the beam and the radius arms joined with custom hoops and shock mounts welded to the coil bucket, we have achieved 16" of wheel travel with stock steering components. Close attention is paid to correct shock geometry in our shock mounting , for longer life on bushing or heim ends of shocks. Telephone |
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