Moved leaf springs?

anyone on here moved there leafs inside the frame rail and put in mini tubs

 

Theres a "how to mini tub a maverick" article in the "tech article" section.

 

I did in a pinto I had 6" per side . pretty simple shouldnt be any harder on a mav

 

ive done few other cars. nova II, d50 and a few more. not a problem doin it just lookin for some measurements to skip all that bs. ill check the article. thanks though

 

I just did mine this last winter/spring. 2" per side

http://mmb.maverick.to/showthread.php?t=58897&page=2

 

Do you have any pictures, of what you did at the front of the leafspring?

 

I will be under there today and get a pic or three. It looks terrible but it works. I made a setup like used on mopars.

 

Yup, 3" per side! That much requires shaving the outer frame rails and relocating the axle snubbers too...

 

here are some pics

 

what did you do with the shocks?

 

i dont currently own any shocks right now but I plan to run them in the factory positions

 

Stock shocks/position work fine. Here's some pix of my 3"/side job and a pic of the pinched frame rails.

 

RAsalkirk what did you do for shackles in the rear or did u just run then in stock position?

 

I used the outer half of the stock shackle and made new inners from 1/4" plate and a longer (grade 8) bolt. This pic will give you the idea, it's before weld-out and reinforcing braces and new urethane bushings were added.

 

Competition Engineering used to make subframe connectors with the spring mount made into them. I copied it and dud my own years ago. Car has been turned into a round tube back half, so no good pics.