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[xjh3]

I figured it was only a matter of time before I bent or ripped off the LCA mounts as well. I like this plan because it addresses the upper AND lower mounts.

I did a little more research and found that Ballistic makes a raw truss for $83. Scratch the Clayton kit, get two UCA Ballistic joints and I\'m at the same price. A little more head scratching and fab work to get the UCA joints located right, but I\'ll have a truss.

I\'m off work today preparing for a colonoscopy tomorrow, so I have lots of research time. :)

[xjh3]

Truss will be here Monday. Anyone have any advice on not warping the crap out of my tubes? Was considering welding some pedestals to the bench and then welding the axle on them. I\'m gonna TIG it, LOTS of tacks and then small welds and let cool.

Also, should I be worried about frying the pinion seal when preheating the housing? I don\'t plan to get it glowing red or anything. I do plan to replace the axle seals.

[MrMindless]

 weld \'er up! what could possibly go wrong :hammer:

[xjh3]

To be honest, I should probably adopt that mindset a little more Mindless.

Got a bunch done this weekend. Between the parts and the 6hrs I have into them, I probably didn\'t save much making the arms but they were fun. I\'m hoping they will work on some radius arms in the future. Gotta finish welding up the mounts and a couple other things and put it all back together.

Sure hope I make it more than one outing before it\'s back in the shop again!!!

[jACeL86]

Hahahahaha... you really DID mangle those stock arms and mounts did\'nt ya! Kudos on the new stuff, coming along nicely.

[MrMindless]

jACeL86 wrote:
Hahahahaha... you really DID mangle those stock arms and mounts did\'nt ya!

No kidding! wow.

[smichaelR22]

looks good, id like the see a little more steel spread out on those mounts to the truss though in my opinion.  


lets go wheeling!

[xjh3]

smichaelR22 wrote:
looks good, id like the see a little more steel spread out on those mounts to the truss though in my opinion.  

Do you mean as far is it not spreading all the way end to end? I plan to cut out some pieces of either 1/4 or 1/2 to kinda bridge that gap. I\'m gusseting the inner Cs as well so I\'d like to tie them into it all.

smichaelR22 wrote:
lets go wheeling!

!!!

[MrMindless]

I\'m pretty sure he means off the sides of the tabs, to the truss.  Me too.

[smichaelR22]

ya, i think i see a single 1/2\" thick mount holding a bushing sleve up right? that puts a lot on your welds.  would be much stronger with like a piece of 1/4\" wall box like 2\"x2\"  or something like that.

[xjh3]

Oh yes, those will be gusseted for sure. I had them welded on and they failed the test fit. Trying again tomorrow.

[xjh3]

Tryin hard to be done for this weekend!!

[xjh3]

So how much would 34s and 3.55s suck?

34s for sale

[carchameleon]

3.07\'s and 33\'s wasn\'t so bad

[smichaelR22]

the wonder has 3.07 and 35\"s  it kinda sucks but works with a 4 speed.   i say 4 speed because you dont event use 5th gear on the thruway at 75.