Rear Suspension lift with chop.

[sumguy67]

So.... I'm chopping the rear of my Pathy. After removal of the extra stuff the rear raised quite a bit.

In comparing to our other truck it looks like it is 2 1/2" higher.

That is a lot considering it was sagging to begin with.

I'm guessing it went up 3 1/2 - 4".

 

It appears that I may not have to do anything with the springs to get the 2-3" suspension lift I wanted in the rear.

New shocks (needed anyway) and go.

 

Just curious what the stock height is?

I measured upper to lower bump stop plate to compare (not bumper.... there isn't any).

I did search on here but didn't see it.

(please excuse my ignorance if it's obvious)

[MY1PATH]

I had a post on ride height and somone said it should be stickied, lemmie see if I can find it...

searches;1843

Found; 1845

Pasted; 1846

 

Front, stock H=1.75

tires will not matter if factory method is used. This method also allows for leveling left to right.

 

 

A-B=H

 

B = measure ground to bottom of stering stopper bracket on front side of LCA

A = measure ground to center of LCA spindle bolt.

 

H = your "ride height" for that side. on level ground H on left and right should be set the same

 

Factory spec for H is 1.73-1.89

 

So basically if you want you pathy to sit stock ajust your T-bars on level ground untill H= 1.75 on both sides.

 

 

WARNING! Increasing H by 1" will give you MORE THAN 1" lift. total lift should be measured as "New A" minus "OLD A" while using the same tires and level ground for each measurement.

 

Rear, Stock H=0

once set you may find that your stock springs have sagged rear can be measured as

 

E-S= H

 

E = measure ground to the center of the bolt on the stock sway-bar end

S = measure ground to the center of the sway-bar anchor on the axle

 

H = Your "ride height" +/- 0.375" of zero means you sitting stock. Negitve numbers beyond that Indicate ammount of coil sag. And yes in this case Positive numbers are a close indicator of total lift in the rear

Final tinkering; 1850

Edited May 29, 2010 by MY1PATH

[sumguy67]

Thanks!!!

That makes measuring the rear easy. Anything past a horozontal sway bar is lift (or sag).

 

So I went from a very low rear to a 2" lift over stock.

 

I wonder what new stock springs would get me.... ?

Edited May 29, 2010 by sumguy67