- Location
- Port Orchard, WA
I cant take credit for inventing this, I think I stole the idea from Goatman or Crash a bunch of years ago.... but here goes:
In today's world of suspension building where most folks opt to buy pre-fabricated brackets, and then struggle to make them work on whats left of their frame, I thought I'd take a few pictures to present an alternative that I've used a few times with success.
Most off road joints were designed to bolt in place of an OEM XJ/MJ/TJ/LJ/ZJ suspension joint, and therefore have a 2-5/8" mounting width.
As such, most all aftermarket joints can be purchased in this mounting width, or spacers can be purchased to make them this width.
A piece of 3"x3"x3/16" box tube can be fabricated into an LCA mount with simple shop tools as follows:
Grab a washer for the bolt size you're going to use, or a misalignment spacer. Position it so that its on the corner of the box, and no part overhangs the box or the radius on the edge of the box.
Center punch this.
Check to make sure the joint body will clear the piece of the box that we're not going to remove
drill you hole on the center punch mark (see my high end drill bits and the kind of holes they make?)
cut off the 'bottom' of the box to clear the joint body -
cut a triangle out the back of the box on both sides -
hammer that in place, and use some of the other cutoff to finish the plate -
weld some, grind some -
In today's world of suspension building where most folks opt to buy pre-fabricated brackets, and then struggle to make them work on whats left of their frame, I thought I'd take a few pictures to present an alternative that I've used a few times with success.
Most off road joints were designed to bolt in place of an OEM XJ/MJ/TJ/LJ/ZJ suspension joint, and therefore have a 2-5/8" mounting width.
As such, most all aftermarket joints can be purchased in this mounting width, or spacers can be purchased to make them this width.
A piece of 3"x3"x3/16" box tube can be fabricated into an LCA mount with simple shop tools as follows:
Grab a washer for the bolt size you're going to use, or a misalignment spacer. Position it so that its on the corner of the box, and no part overhangs the box or the radius on the edge of the box.
Center punch this.
Check to make sure the joint body will clear the piece of the box that we're not going to remove
drill you hole on the center punch mark (see my high end drill bits and the kind of holes they make?)
cut off the 'bottom' of the box to clear the joint body -
cut a triangle out the back of the box on both sides -
hammer that in place, and use some of the other cutoff to finish the plate -
weld some, grind some -
