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88 Mazda B 2200 in for new air ride suspension.
Plans for this truck are new leveraged 4-link, 1/2" Asco valves,
blast the back half and rearend, Fix the step notch, Re-wire the air
system, relocate the tank and compressors.
Wheel is really far forward in the wheel well.
this is causing bind on the carrier bearing.
At full lift the balljoint punctures the air bag.
Major bad news. When we removed the old 4-link
bracket this is what we found underneath. To fix the problem we cut
the clip off in front of the rear body mount and fabricated a new back
half out of 2x4 box tube.
Notch not fully welded together
New backhalf setup. We built the whole rear frame
with working suspension off the truck. It allowed us to flip the frame
every way we needed to fully tig weld all the tubes. The new back half
features a, Wishbone 3-link with bag on lower bar. Machined spikes,
full tubular crossmember integrating the 3-link mounts, bag mounts and
bed mounts.
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