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was looking at it backwards, realized you did put the engine skid on the bottom.
I want to redo my engine mounts so my skid isn’t crooked
How did it end up crooked?
the engine brackets for the diesel aren’t the same. so i had some fabricated. i didn’t know how to put in the bends on the CAD. so they came in flat and i used a torch. ones fine. the other. ummm not so much.
I did the tie rod flip
Some of my less bad booger welds
The tapered insert I originally ordered had the lip on the bottom side which is not safe since the nut won't interface with the knuckle
dogs at work
I got the new tapered insert from Jeremy who got it from Tyler!! I think. Really keeping USPS busy.
I had to grind it down some because it was a smidge longer than the knuckle
these ones were ugly lol
Wow look at all that clearance!!!!
Some of my less bad booger welds
The tapered insert I originally ordered had the lip on the bottom side which is not safe since the nut won't interface with the knuckle
dogs at work
I got the new tapered insert from Jeremy who got it from Tyler!! I think. Really keeping USPS busy.
I had to grind it down some because it was a smidge longer than the knuckle
these ones were ugly lol
Wow look at all that clearance!!!!
I also replaced the driver front brake line. No more sketchy kinked hardline hanging below the frame rail. Also, purple
Also. I moved the axle back a little bit. Trying to reduce the interference I have with my tie rod and steering damper bolt head. I also ground down the bolt head a little to try to make it better. It still interferes but doesn't "stick" in the steering as bad anymore. I don't know why I have so much interference there.
Looks like I only took a pic before I changed things.
Looks like I only took a pic before I changed things.
I just sold that to him too
Is it the photo is the driver side tie rod link bent along the threaded portion?
Yes you did the deal in my build thread. But looks like I won in the endI just sold that to him too
Uhh I don't know. I didn't notice that when I was messing with it and it threads in and out easy enough. But I can check and see I do kinda see that in the photo. Might just be the way the photo from a phone looks on the edges
Are your rotors so far inboard there isn't room for debris shields ? Who's draglink and tie rod setup are you using ? Oh , and since nobody else commented , the purple flair nut fitting is uber special !
Oh no I just forgot to put the dust shields back on once and then threw them away ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ it is a correctlync. And thank you appreciating the color
If that area was NOT supposed to be welded to the inner C, there would be no reason for it to exist.
You should take a nice clear picture of the nut tightened. I'll bet good money you only have 6 small points of contact between the nut and the outside of the hole.
Oh whoops. Thanks. Looking through my pics it looks like I did get that on the other side but missed it on this side for some reason.
Oh yeah I did notice that, the castle nut was digging into the knuckle and barely touching it. I ended up putting a washer under it and using Loctite. Is that bad?
You have contact because you have managed to flatten out the bend in that noodly stock draglink. Are you also running a drop pitman because it looks like you are running a drop pitman.
Ahh that makes sense. I did try putting flat stock against the tie rod to see if it was bent but didn't check the draglink. I guess I should pull it back out and try to give it some more bend. But no I have a stock pitman arm still
Did you have to remove the draglink on the passanger side knuckle to cut the old swaybar? Want to swap to a swayloc and do the raised bracket at the same time but would like to not have to remove the links to cut the old bracket or have to do the bbk the same time.
I did remove from both knuckles. Maybe you could still do it if you got in there with a little die grinder. I was using a 4.5" angle grinder so it was in the way. I don't see why that is a big deal though, it is only 2 nuts to remove from the knuckles?
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