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It seems like it will ride great, but I will say that without the shocks, I noticed a lot of "axle wrap". I don't think for a second this is axle wrap, but more the loading / unloading of the bags when taking off and stopping. Shocks will help this a bunch. I am only running 10 psi to set it at...

Heres the pics. Busy day!

We set the bed on her today. I drove it down the driveway and turned it around and drove it back. No brakes yet cause no brake hose, but it was great to have it move again on its own. Measuring all paid off. Cab to bed is right, wheel wells are centered over rear tires, and tailgate opens all...

Mounted a small air pressure regulator in the cab last night to control the air ride ride and height. I'm pulling the air off the end of the valve under the glove box. I put a QD for an air hose on the other port. Driveshaft is finished. Lengthened and balanced for $173.49. Not bad at all...

Thanks guys. Ordered a new rear hose today. Very close to getting it back on the road!

I bought my deuce with bobbing it in mind from day 1. It did drive well before, was very fun to drive-the whole point of owning one-and as usual, it was slow and lacked power. Now that I am almost complete with the bobbing process, I should end up with a truck that drives better, is fun to...

We had a 8.? liter cummins that lost a turbo seal on the way back from its delivery run. The driver limped it in, and said it had revved up almost uncontrollably a couple of times but then settled back down. We replaced the turbo--but we did not wash out the intercooler which was full of...

I would like to know what part number / source you all have been using for the rear brake hose for your bobbers? Any pics on how you did it will be appreciated also. Thanks!

Got the bed rails fitted with angle iron mounts tonight, pretty much like original. Used the springs and allthread up front and bolts in the back. Driveshaft gets lengthened next week at a shop that will retube and balance for around $200. Rear brake hose will be in tomorrow at O'reilly and I...

I have to say that I do like that bed. The flush tail lights, squared off look-not something you will run into another like it on the street. I like it. The whole point of having a bobbed deuce is the "unusual" or out of the ordinary aspect.

Well, the machined trailing arm mounts / spring blocks are re-installed with the 3 x 3 x 1/4 wall spacers on top of them. Pinion angle is now correct. I'm going to weld a couple of keepers on the blocks so they can't sneak out from under the u-bolts. I went ahead and picked up some 3 x 3 x...

My son and I removed the blocks that the trailing arms attach to this evening. These also have the angle in them to control pinion angle. They will get machined flat tomorrow and a 3" block will go back on top of them to level everything out, set the pinion at 0 Deg. and get that air bag bar...

I just looked. 14 days since I actually started on it. Maybe an hour in the evenings on average. Basically 2 good weekends. It helps to have all the tools. When I was young I didnt have a shop and had all my tools in a box I could carry. Now I have a shop and every tool imagineable...

If you want step by step pictures of a deuce bob, here they are. Those of you with a mechanical eye will notice that I still have to address a pinion angle issue. I'm hoping that is taken care of by my local machine shop by the end of the week. I have to have the driveshaft lengthened, add...

Thanks guys. I'll have to modify my axle perches a bit to get that, but now's the time!

So I forgot to measure this also before I stripped the rear axles out of the deuce. Can someone please tell me the pinion flange angle on the first (forward) rear axle of your stock deuce while setting on level ground. I'm assuming zero degrees or vertical, but I want to get it right the first...

Got the u-bolts ordered today from Stengel Brothers, picked up a piece of steel to make spacers to center the 3-1/2" deuce axle in the air rides 4-1/2" axle perches, and located the air ride hangers on the frame. Lots of measuring!!! Also picked up the 12 grade 8 bolts to attach the hangers...

I'm installing an air ride on the rear of my truck as I bob it (see thread "getting closer to bob") and I failed to get one measurement before I dismantled my deuce. What is the stock distance from the bottom of the deuce frame to the top of the axle housing directly below the frame? I want...

This is also how I saw it, but my thought was trampled by those who said we MUST have two air paks. Line to the front, line to the rear, fed from a single master cylinder with two fluid chambers. Doesn't seem like rocket surgery. Are we worried about a hydraulic failure or an air failure-or...

Had a great weekend-other than lots of rain-but I've got the back of the deuce under cover so we made lots of progress. Got the bogie out from under the truck, rear bumperettes / crossmember off, axles separated, and air suspension set in place on the axle going back in. All this with just me...