Rear Long shocks mounts installation in a swing axle sand rail

[francoangellini]

Hi:

I`m installing a couple Rancho RS 9000 (rubber standard eye to eye) rear long shocks on my SWING AXLE rail, but the extra camber it is complicating the job ...Many shock mount kits work with 90º, but stock shocks mount work in 45º (spring plate)...... In the referential web picture appear both bolts mounts upper and lower in different angles....Then for better performance two shock mounts bolts must be installed in 45º?

Best regards

[weasel_ugs]

The heim joint style mounting on the top allows movement in both directions

[francoangellini]

[bigfatloser]

The new shock can twist so the eyes are perpendicular to each other.
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[francoangellini]

......The swing axle shock mounts that sell in the market have the inferior bolt in the same rear axle direction .... I suppose that in the upper part for a eye to eye shock it is installed in the same direction?

[B Ramsey]

Do your rancho shocks have coil springs?
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[francoangellini]

[B Ramsey]

What are you using for springs? that setup does not have torsion bars. just changing the shocks to Ranchos is going to be a letdown.

and, you can rotate the shock absorber shaft so the bushing is wherever you want it.
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[francoangellini]

[earthquake]

How are you going to add a torsion housing to that mid engine set up? I think you would be better off using coil overs if you want to get rid of the air shocks.
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[pablovent]

Hi Franco:

Richard write this words in another topic...

"You could add a pair of 1/4" thick (6mm) shock mount tabs on top of the bearing housing between the spring plate flange and the back plate flange for double shear shock mounts. They should put the shock mount bolt at about 45° to the spring plate. Then mounts on the frame rail above would be good. Shocks should have at LEAST 8" travel, 9-10" would be better. The swing axle rear suspension pivots at the inner end of the axle tube and where the spring plate mounts to the torsion bar, which is about a 45° angle, and that is why the shock mount bolts at both ends of the shocks should be mounted at that same angle. Make sure the shock will not bottom or top out before the spring plate does". ....

This is all you need!!

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8903255#8903255

Saludos

[liquidrush]

Not to change the subject but isn't that engine and trans backwards?

[francoangellini]

[Vanapplebomb]

[oldschool5er]

This is the angle at which they are mounted on a springplate. With heim ends it might not be neccesary, but rubber mounted eyelet shocks you should maintain this angle. These pics show heim but it was originally set up for bushing shocks and heim end shocks added later. Pics show sway a way springplates the way it was done 40 some odd years ago. Now we would use double shear mounts over the end casting. These shock mounts held up this long without bending or cracking so maybe double shear not even neccesary on a sand rail. This was on 2400lb Baja bugs using swingaxle in the early years.

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