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JETRUCKER · **Posts:** 156 **Location:** long island NY **Gender:**

I see that a bunch of guys here are going the hardtail route. I am wondering I picked up some tubing today to make my hardtail. I am just wondering what you guys are using for the mounts. The top and bottom mounts. Does anyone have a picture or any suggestions. I can weld up things but do I need to use rubber bushings. Did you guys cut them off of other shocks.

williecoyote · **Posts:** 333 **Location:** Outer Banks, NC **Gender:**

Someone on here, maybe opie_p, took the spring off the shock, and replaced it with a piece of tubing, or pipe.

I'll try to find it for you.

TT-350z · **Posts:** 8035 **Location:** Frisco TX **Gender:**

yup just unscrew 1 end of the met shock and remove the spring, replace with pipe

opie_p · **Posts:** 4189 **Location:** Houston **Gender:**

williecoyote wrote:

Someone on here, maybe opie_p, took the spring off the shock, and replaced it with a piece of tubing, or pipe..

Yeah, I haven't posted pics yet. I'll try to get some up this week. We did just what TT said but we had to cut the spring off because we didn't have a wrench small enough to reach through the spring.

Gbisk · **Posts:** 635 **Location:** Richmond VA **Gender:**

I cut the spring off a stock shock, drilled a hole to release the oil, welded the metal rod in place, threaded it all the way down. It's adjustable to a degree.

If I had actually planned it to be adjustable, I would have cut open the tube, welded the inside, and threaded that.

A little more involved than going the pipe route, and this post is worthless without pics. I'll get one up later.

trent_77590 · **Posts:** 1135 **Location:** Uniontown, PA **Gender:**

I used a wooden broom stick and put a nail on each end. Works great!

williecoyote · **Posts:** 333 **Location:** Outer Banks, NC **Gender:**

trent_77590 wrote:

I used a wooden broom stick and put a nail on each end. Works great!

Haha, that's more my speed.

duder · **Posts:** 1067 **Location:** Tacompton,WA **Gender:**

williecoyote wrote:

trent_77590 wrote:

I used a wooden broom stick and put a nail on each end. Works great!

Haha, that's more my speed.

X2

No but really pics would be nice though.

Ho-Train · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:54 am

HAHA this is getting interesting...

ruckus09 · **Posts:** 5722 **Location:** Kentucky **Gender:**

indeed

ComposiMo · **Posted:** Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:14 pm

What I made for 09speed3's Met... Uses the stock upper and lower "u" pieces, welded to a .120 wall thickness 7/8" OD piece of DOM tubing. Slight bend on top side so it clears the aluminum frame

JETRUCKER · **Posts:** 156 **Location:** long island NY **Gender:**

I knew YOU WOULD ANSWER ME> Thanks you for the help.

ComposiMo wrote:

What I made for 09speed3's Met... Uses the stock upper and lower "u" pieces, welded to a .120 wall thickness 7/8" OD piece of DOM tubing. Slight bend on top side so it clears the aluminum frame

puna_trav · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:40 am

When I did the razz, I just disassembled the shock (the bottom mount unscrews), took off the spring, and slipped a piece of tubing in it's place. I just tack welded the tube to the top and bottom mounts. It ain't pretty, but no issues after a 3 tanks of gas and a day of drag racing at the strip.

Ho-Train · **Posted:** Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:48 am

puna_trav wrote:

When I did the razz, I just disassembled the shock (the bottom mount unscrews), took off the spring, and slipped a piece of tubing in it's place. I just tack welded the tube to the top and bottom mounts. It ain't pretty, but no issues after a 3 tanks of gas and a day of drag racing at the strip.

GY6 Hardtail? Have any issues being its a hard tail now? i knwo the GY's vibrate a lot.. not sure how it would handle as a hard tail.

ruckus09 · **Posts:** 5722 **Location:** Kentucky **Gender:**

that and the cracking of the frames. on the ruck at least that was a problem with the gy6


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