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JDV
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 Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 3:25 pm Post subject: Lever shocks |
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I was hoping that I could get some good pictures of how the lever shocks are mounted to the spring plate. My spring plates were fitted with "custom" mounts for gas shocks, and I don't see any evidence of a spot to mount the lever arm.
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EverettB 
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Scotty
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| EverettB wrote: |
The lever shocks themselves mount to the body, not the spring plate. |
They mount to the torsion tube end casting on a barndoor
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I'd be curious to know the length of his tip.
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JDV
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:37 am Post subject: |
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| My single cab had the lever shock lever arms cut off, so I bought some cores to build a couple of good ones. So If I understand so far, I need the bolts with the eyes, and then the metal strap. It looks like I might be able to fabricate those. What I will need to know is the location of the holes on the spring plates, so I can drill for the mounting bolts. I am assuming that I can use the later model spring plates that are now on there and just drill for the holes? |
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EverettB
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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You don't have Barndoor spring plates on your Barndoor?
The holes are the same as a Bug spring plate with the axle cutout and 3 holes if you have one of those on-hand.
There is one eye bolt and 2 metal plates per side.
Brezelwerks was selling the plates and some other hardware at one point but i don't see an ad for them from that seller anymore.
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JDV
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Looks like I don't understand how the lever attaches to the spring plate. The lever didn't look long enough to reach where the axle tube is bolted to the spring plate, so I assumed that those eye bolts attached somewhere along the spring plate, and therefore there should be a hole somewhere. So any pics would help out alot. |
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JDV
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| Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2007 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| That is great diagram, thankyou very much. I bought those lever shocks from you and I am figuring out how it should all fit together. |
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Anchovy
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Here's a grimey real world photo:
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jingram
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So I know that this is kind of an old thread, but what I was wondering is what those of you, who don't have lever shocks, have done to add conventional rear shocks to a barndoor. Anyone want to post up some ideas or photos?
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BeaterBarndoor
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nlorntson
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I have a set of nearly NOS what I believe to be barndoor lever shocks that I would really like to get in the hands of a deserving barndoor in exchange for a pair of type 1 single action lever shocks as seen in this picture:
The part number on the dual action ones I have begins with a 211 so is it safe to assume they fit all barndoors or a particular year range?
I'm planning to place an ad for a swap and I want to have the details correct. |
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Rick
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I'm looking for information on the linkage pictured below. Are these available anywhere, or is fabricating your own the way to go? Aren't there two pieces per side? I need these as well as the eye bolts. Are barndoor and split beetle eye bolts the same? I get the impression that they are not.
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