Thread: setting up my front suspension

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hi i was getting ready to put my tube axle front suspension together and i have never done anything like this before are there any tips or tricks any one could give me to make this right ? it is a spring over drop tube axle from mas
is there a certain angle the spring shackles should be at ? or a certain angle the radius rods should be at ? should they be parallel to the frame ? this is on a 29 model a tudor sedan ,stock frame that i boxed in , any help with this would be great thanks joe

The radius rods have to be parallel with the ground. The shackles go on the rear spring hangers, I would say around 45 degrees to the back. Make sure that they are angled enough so that when you hit a big bump, the shackles won't go over center and end up being forward on the spring end. You will want to crank in about 5 to 7 degrees of caster with the springs compressed to ride height and the full weight on the car resting on the suspension....

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

The radius rods have to be parallel with the ground. The shackles go on the rear spring hangers, I would say around 45 degrees to the back. Make sure that they are angled enough so that when you hit a big bump, the shackles won't go over center and end up being forward on the spring end. You will want to crank in about 5 to 7 degrees of caster with the springs compressed to ride height and the full weight on the car resting on the suspension....

hi are the shackles angled toward the center or outward , i have a shackle on each end of my spring

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