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Well I just dropped off the t case and shaft to have it cut and splined. Hope it goes well.
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im assuming that your going to be plating/bracing the pivot point in front of the drivers side beam?
Going to pull it back off and weld her all up and brace, then re brace the bracket.
are you welding if with the HF welder? i STRONGLY suggest you dont.
once ya got it tacked up...take it to Greg's and use his 220V welder to finish burning it.....I know he won't care.....Yes.
The jacks are causing your suspension to not sit like it should and normally does at ride height. To get a more accurate placement measurement for where to weld that bracket (this is what I should have done) I would put the tires back on, and put a plate and two steel dowels underneath one tire, so that the suspension is not fighting the ground (scrubbing) and the beams can go to their static ride height and not be jacked/angled like they are now. Once that is done, take a measure on where to place that bracket. I lined mine up so that the pivot of the draglink and the axle beam were vertically in line with each other.Out with the old.
In with the new.
This is a mock up so I could get the bracket placement right. Going to pull it back off and weld her all up and brace, then re brace the bracket. Does the placement look good?
I agree, have someone or borrow someone's 220V mig. Hell I sticked mine with 3/16's 7018 H4 @ around 125 amps IIRC. That works too. :icon_welder: Need serious penetration for steering components, something the smaller welders cannot accommodate.are you welding if with the HF welder? i STRONGLY suggest you dont.