Im trying to mount my wishbones (all thought they are trailing arms at this point) yes they were split to clear my transmission. I have the castle nut to the outside for extra clearance. as you can see in this ****py pic. My first thought was to weld another tube to my trans cross member, making a K member out of it like this ****py pic. I would notch the mounting plate in pic 1 to the tube and then mount it to the frame rail. The tubes are 1.25" X 0.120" wall DOM. My other option is to make a cross member like this good stolen pic: I could mount the tie rod end bungs to the dropped portion (mine would have about 2" of drop. I would use 4" wide .250" plate steel for that. Anyway, thats the best I can come up with, what are your collective thoughts? Keith
Also the tie rod ends will end up lower than you see in the photos, I do not have the caster set on the front cross member yet. The nose of the truck MAY end up coming down another inch or two. Keith
I think your tubing idea would work, but I just question the diameter of tubing you are using, even for the trans crossmember. I would go with something at least 1.5 inches, and maybe even bigger. But I tend to always over build stuff. Don
Here is my 3rd option, if the geometry works out right. I think I have the bushing joints, somewhere in the shop (if not they are cheap enough). I figure with the 1" drop I need to clear the transmission and the tabs for the bushing mounts I should be at about the right place to keep about 7-8* of caster. Any reason tie rod ends SHOULD win out of these bushed ends? Keith
about 3/4 of the way down. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=300262 i think danny nailed it!
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