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02-10-2019, 06:36 PM
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King shock suspension
Had enough of the Quigley mess and made my own. Now you can drive down the freeway at 70 while sipping coffee. No more hitting speed bumps and feeling it through my spine and no more death wobble
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02-10-2019, 06:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
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That's all top of the line stuff and very nice fabrication.
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KC6TNI
2001 GTRV
Advanced 4wd
Agile Ride improvement package
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02-10-2019, 07:09 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Brentwood, CA
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Now there's a guy who know 'what's up'!
Early Dana 60 with king pins? Makes perfect sense, avoid the wear prone ball joints, and you get serviceable wheel bearings and an 'off the shelf' high steer kit.
I'll bet you saved enough money to pay for 50% of the King Coil overs.
I love it
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1995 E350 7.3 Diesel, 4x4 high roof camper, UJOR 4" lift
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02-10-2019, 08:49 PM
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A few more pics. Everything is made of chromoly and stacked 3/16” with 1/8”. Tig welded
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02-10-2019, 08:53 PM
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Off the shelf huh, lol well the high steer arm. After that everything was made. Hard to get everting to clear at the right angles with the 7.3 oil pan
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02-11-2019, 12:54 AM
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Location: Sonoma County
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Ok, first off, holy welding skills. Gorgeous!
And do my eyes deceive me or did you 4-link that thing. Your first and third pics look like it...
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Hi, I’m Robert and I’m a vanaholic…
2003 Astro AWD
1999 E350 RB 7.3 cargo
2002 E150 RB 4.6 hightop van conversion
1999 E350 RB 5.4 Chateau
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02-11-2019, 07:44 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: FL and VA
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Yeah, awesome and the welds are a thing of beauty.
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2008 GMC 3500 Quigley Weldtec 4x4 Savana SMB
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02-11-2019, 08:06 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2016
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SteelheadJones
Ok, first off, holy welding skills. Gorgeous!
And do my eyes deceive me or did you 4-link that thing. Your first and third pics look like it...
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Yes it’s linked
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02-11-2019, 09:53 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Brentwood, CA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Huntsalot
Off the shelf huh, lol well the high steer arm. After that everything was made. Hard to get everting to clear at the right angles with the 7.3 oil pan
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I mean highsteer arms are readily available for the early 'flat top' Dana 60's, which is a good thing. You probably know this, the later ball joint Dana 60's are non-flat top, you have to machine the knuckle to get a highsteer set up on a van, machine the forging to a flat top , key it into the arm, drill and tap holes (or have it done). Then start building the tie rod and drag link. At least, that's what I wound up doing with mine. And you still have the BS ball joints and unit bearings. I like the direction you took.
I see your heims and steering damper in double shear, doubler plates, beautiful TIG welds, your drag link is horizontal, time consuming high-end race stuff. You must build serious offroad cars or something, that fab work is professional grade.
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1995 E350 7.3 Diesel, 4x4 high roof camper, UJOR 4" lift
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02-11-2019, 09:58 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: boise idaho
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Nice work there huntsalot! Did you replace all the quigley components? Curious if the replacement arms you made are straight or if you curved them at all for tire clearance.
My lower arm is the only rubbing I get with 35’s and it’s minimal. When I inquired to agile about the one off quigley replacement arms they once did John had mentioned that they put a slight bend in the lower arm for tire clearance but I wondered if that would take away the easy adjustability of the heim joints. Curious about how you went about building yours.
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