Workhorse suspension improvement

[ruredy]

Originally Posted by todwil

when I lift the back of the ezgo gas '94 1/2 and newer, I cut the locating pins off till theres about 3/8" still left then grind a notch in the rubber part of the bird cage right at the split, this seems to keep the axle locked in place
then you can drill the centering hole on the shock plate, I put the shock plate under the leaf spring and above the bird cages with the u-bolts going
over the leaf springs, Oh and be care not over tighten the u-bolts since the
bird cages are cast aluminum..

What your talking about is for a gas txt, I used the diagram of that setup only to show the plate. The workhorses we were talking about use a different setup as you can tell by the pictures, it's about the same as an electric txt setup. On the gas txt I would sooner get rid of that whole isolated mounting setup an use a more conventional system but some would say going to that extreme is kinda overkill. It may be hard to tell from the pics but the axle mounting setup on the workhorses in the pics is every bit as strong as what you'll find in most light duty pickups and IMO this sort of setup is a must if your going with a big engine in a txt.