Kinda new idea...

[74_Chevota]

Well this was a new idea for me. Not sure if anyone else runs there airbumps like this. Thinking maybe nobody does this for a reason, but what the hell. 2 main issues i see that COULD be a possibility are the bolt breaking (grade 9 1/2" bolt) and putting to much side load on the airshock. Bolt breaking i think is not much to worry about considering the ORI's have and internal bump stop with the same size bolt. Anyways, tell me how horrible of an idea this is, because im about to test your theories

 

[Bones]

Awesome idea from a packaging standpoint. No idea on reality though. My gut says something will fail. How thick are the walls of air shocks anyway?

I bet if you ask on PBB it will get some heat

 

[P]

Your gonna damage the shock body would be my first thought... Hell I have seen dragbody blow the side out of a shock body with a hard impact and no bumps.. using the body of an air shock just doesnt seem like its going to hold up to abuse.

I could be wrong and I agree with Bones if it does work, packaging wise that would kickass ! :afro:

 

[74_Chevota]

Oh im sure PBB would have my ass. I care to take advice from people who actually wheel.

P, i thought about damaging the shock body too, but the airbump cant have that much (if any thicker) body and it gets held the same way.

 

[Bones]

Oh im sure PBB would have my ass. I care to take advice from people who actually wheel.

Then do NOT take advice from me.

 

[Bones]

P, i thought about damaging the shock body too, but the airbump cant have that much (if any thicker) body and it gets held the same way.

But the air shock has a long body on it and it's clamped in the center. Why do you think the air bump mounts are almost as long as the entire shock? If the bump cans were only say 2" tall I bet air bump cylinders would get proper ****ed. Just my $0.02

 

[74_Chevota]

Then do NOT take advice from me.

laughing1 You know what I mean. How about i would rather take advice from guys who actually have an open mind, and believe that just because it hasnt been done by a big name shop or fabricator that it can still work.

 

[74_Chevota]

But the air shock has a long body on it and it's clamped in the center. Why do you think the air bump mounts are almost as long as the entire shock? If the bump cans were only say 2" tall I bet air bump cylinders would get proper ****ed. Just my $0.02

true true....

 

[P]

Im all for YOU tryin it and giving us feedback. My first thought is dead shock body though. SImply for the same reason Bones pointed out, its only supported in that one section. Your asking ALOT of your hardware and that N2 body..

 

[DeleriousII]

laughing1 You know what I mean. How about i would rather take advice from guys who actually have an open mind, and believe that just because it hasnt been done by a big name shop or fabricator that it can still work.

da troof...

 

[74_Chevota]

Im all for YOU tryin it and giving us feedback. My first thought is dead shock body though. SImply for the same reason Bones pointed out, its only supported in that one section. Your asking ALOT of your hardware and that N2 body..

laughing1 Aww thanks P. I feel honored. Shocks leak like a bitch anyways.

 

[Toddy]

Clean the POS up. I thought I was gonna have to go get a shot after working on that nasty thing.

No really I think the bump will put a side load on the shock. A 4" shock cant push strait up on a 18" shock. My be th eway I am looking at it but I think a bent shock housing is what will happen.

Will it even go fast enough to jump with the new motor?

Toddy

 

[P]

I like how you spent the time to clean off only the 2.5" required to weld a bump pad on the axle... laughing1

 

[74_Chevota]

I know its dirty as hell. Harlan mud brings the SUCK. If my buddys shop wasnt in the cut then i would load that junk up and take it to the pressure washer. The 5.3 might get a little air under the tires.

Here is are a few shots of the project in the next bay over that my buddy Nathan is building...this thing is going to be LOW when its all said and done. the first pic is about an inch taller than ride height.

 

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[74_Chevota]

should work

My thought would be the leverage would crush the airshock wall of the tube. But why could you not go get the same material in a thicker wall and thread the ends and feed the airshock internals into? Very much like the struts but with the external bump.

Or why make your bump holster sho short, why not extend it further up the airshock and distribute the load more.

BTW, what keeps the bump from sliding up the airshock body?

The clambing force should hold them. My air bumps on the front were set up and held without the groove on the body to help keep it from sliding. Shoot, i have seen quite a few shocks mounted to links this way.I thought about ordering the bump cans from Poly that are taller. They only have one clamping point though which kinda sketches me out. Again, def. not saying this will be end of all air bump mounting problems, so keep the ideas coming. Preferably i like cheap ideas. ;D

 

[Bones]

Or why make your bump holster sho short, why not extend it further up the airshock and distribute the load more.

I was just thinking this as well. That might be the bee's knees right thar

 

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[patooyee]

My gut instinct says it'll work. The air bump gets held like that in any application and it doesn't slide in and out of the mount. A Fox air shock body is stronger than a Walker but weaker than a SAW. And who knows, maybe if Jimmy had somehting like that on his Walker fortifying his shock body like that it wouldn't have blown out like it did. That load is spread out so far though even with that bracket that it won't hurt it, IMO. The impact that would be required to damage that shock body would be so hard that other things like mounting brackets and chassis tubes would bend also.

I have SAWs and on my front shocks I have something kind of like that over the schrader valve just to protect it. It only goes about 3" or so along the entire length fo the shock body. I've rolled directly on it several times and it has never damaged the shock bodies. If it hasn't that won't.

J. J.

 

[74_Chevota]

We have one believer. ;D We are just trying to think a little outside of the box abd working with what we have.

My gut instinct says it'll work. The air bump gets held like that in any application and it doesn't slide in and out of the mount. A Fox air shock body is stronger than a Walker but weaker than a SAW. And who knows, maybe if Jimmy had somehting like that on his Walker fortifying his shock body like that it wouldn't have blown out like it did. That load is spread out so far though even with that bracket that it won't hurt it, IMO. The impact that would be required to damage that shock body would be so hard that other things like mounting brackets and chassis tubes would bend also.

I have SAWs and on my front shocks I have something kind of like that over the schrader valve just to protect it. It only goes about 3" or so along the entire length fo the shock body. I've rolled directly on it several times and it has never damaged the shock bodies. If it hasn't that won't.

J. J.