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Re: rear bolt on tie down brackets
[Re: gofastboater]
#1690871
10/27/14 10:06 AM
10/27/14 10:06 AM
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Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 28,312
Cincinnati, Ohio
Challenger 1
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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1st off, NEVER tie down to the body. ALWAYS to the suspension. You CANNOT get the straps tight enough to keep the body from stretching your straps. Sooner or later they will snap. Find a point on the rear itself. Usually near the shock plate. I usually use the u-bolt and attach a link or 2 of chain. On the front find a spot close to the lower balljoint. I have used the sway bar link hole. I have also bolted a small piece of chain to the lower control arm. By attaching to the suspension the tires cannot move. The spring in the body will allow the straps to go loose on compression and on decompression that's when the snap. I have seen way too many straps snapped and the car moves and gets damaged. Hooked to the suspension there is no compression or decompression therefore they can't break. I have been towing cars and heavy equipment for close to 45 years and have NEVER had any damage using this method. As an example, look at any new car carriers. They all use wheel style straps. No more chains to the frame. They have been using this method for many many years. They found out that by not getting the chains tight enough the hooks were pulling out of the frame, by the bodies compressing and decompressing the suspension, damaging them. I hope this helps someone to not damage their vehicle. Good luck.
I believe what the OP was asking for is for the suspension? It bolts to the u bolts and that's part of the rear end.
IMO I would never add weight to my race car just to tie it down. Plus the extra weight is going to change the shocks settings too.
I would just use axle straps to it tie down.
Here a post where I was preaching on how to tie down a car. See if you agree with me? web page
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Re: rear bolt on tie down brackets
[Re: Challenger 1]
#1690872
10/27/14 10:28 AM
10/27/14 10:28 AM
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Joined: Jan 2007
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A Red State
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As I posted before, I believe you're talking about Blues_Cuda / Scott Litzau. His contact info is in the link. https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...hat=showmembersScott and his dad Rich started making the tie down plates that are sandwiched between the leaf springs and the shock plates earlier this year (about May). He posted here on Moparts about selling them but I can't find any of the posts on them. I thought about getting a set but didn't want to take the Caltrac's loose on my car. What I thought about doing on my car is adding a small metal loop on the front of the lower shock stud. Since I have Caltracs (rather than the stock shock plates) the shock mount stud is a bolt on instead of being welded on.
Last edited by Sputnik; 10/28/14 12:49 AM.
Kayse can't keep up at all now. lol
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Re: rear bolt on tie down brackets
[Re: onig]
#1690876
11/01/14 09:57 AM
11/01/14 09:57 AM
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,896
St. Louis, MO
Blues_Cuda
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Sorry I missed this post. I don't get on Moparts as often as I used to. Here's a pic of our tie down brackets. Dad met up with Gary (The OP of this thread.) earlier this week.
What is the price of these brackets?
I'll send you a PM.
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