Patent ID: 7717443

Claim:
In a suspension assembly for a high-clearance vehicle having a forward direction of travel and a first operating clearance height, the suspension assembly including an upright spindle journal fixed to a frame of said vehicle, a main suspension spindle received in said journal for at least sliding axially within said journal, and a wheel hub mounting member being coupled to a lower end of said main suspension spindle, the improvement comprising; a spacer assembly for increasing said clearance height being optionally connected between said lower end of said main suspension spindle and said wheel hub mounting member, said spacer assembly including upper and lower ends respectively provided with upper and lower bores and a coupler spindle having an upper end located within said lower bore, said upper bore receiving a bottom end of said main suspension spindle; a first coupler assembly fixing said spacer assembly for movement with said main suspension spindle; said wheel hub mounting member having a third bore sized identically to said first bore located in an upper end thereof; said coupler spindle having a bottom end section projecting downwardly from said spacer assembly and being received in said third bore, and second and third coupler assemblies respectively fixing said coupler spindle to said spacer assembly and to said wheel hub mounting member.