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Since you’ve got those pesky bolts removed, could you weld the nuts to the bracket for easier removal? Nice progress!

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Maybe even one with a generator on it for back up situations? That way if you can find some gas you can at least recharge your batteries and make it where ever. :mm:

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I luv it, good luck finding one that hasn't been raced?! :haha:

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I got the stock OEM Lexus GS450h two piece drive shaft so I started to work on the middle donut support mount, I believe it's crucialistic that the short shaft is perfectly in line with the transmission

I started out by divorcing the two pieces just to make the short stick lighter and easier to work with, plus mounting it by itself gave me a line of sight to test with my eyecrometer

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I also chose to remove the bulky rubber doo dad off the long shaft, at the end that would mate with a Lexus differential

this is where we will welder up an "American" [pronounced: Universal] joint

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next it was time to stack sum plates

for this I decided to work out front in my driveway, figuring it's been days since my last HOA complaint!

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here I'm just showing off my protractor and sliding ruler skillz

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Public Service Announcement

If your drill remnants look like this, this means you have a good sharp drill bit. This is Goodness!

If they look like sparkle glitter that means you have a bad dull drill bit. This is not good.

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poking holes

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yes, but what is he making ???

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Thats hilarious right there! :lol:

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Better get a faceplate on that outlet. You don't want the Feds showing up at your workplace to shut you down.

I am always impressed with your progress. I can see the first test drive coming just around the corner. Can't wait.

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I like the way the battery trays could stack in the compartment. It'd have been hilarious if the c10 rear shaft and the Lexus front had mated right up. Great work, keep it up. When this runs, it'd be fun to hook it up and get some comparative performance numbers.

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I was literally waiting months on someone to comment about that outlet, yes it has a perfectly weather tight cover plate which when on renders the darn thing completely unusable as you can not plug anything into it, ha ha

thanks, that's awesome for you to say, not sure about a test drive yet, but the goal for this month is wheel spin fer sure, under her own power

and you did not hear it from me but someone's turning fiddy in May so it sure would be nice to maybe git a test drive for his birthday, just sayin'

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the Mountulator 3000

... and please don't go all Anglesuxon on me, this is just a mockup

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looks like both my Transmission and the short drive shaft sit at the same angle of 7.5°

please let me know if you all think that's too much on the slant? I honestly don't know if it is or not, we can raise the tail of the trans sum if need be

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oh man and I had them out side by side before I took the Lexor in to git it shortened and a new rear 1310 yoke welded on

fer real

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one more look, without the rear rubber donut this time

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here's a video update: Electruck EV Conversion Update 1 Lexus GS450h Transmission Mount

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Loved your crowstar!

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ha ha, thanx, our son came up with that

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let me know if you know what these are and if there is a difference?

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so I finally liberated the steering linkage, I believe the disc brake conversion calls for different tie rod ends

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time to go after that crossmember

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and let me tell ya, she put up a fight

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there was no way gently tapping the upper control arm spindle knuckle was gonna brake her loose

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Removing tie rods and ball joints

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not even a 4' cheater bar and a vice would press her out

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driver side lower control arm

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so see them alignment shims, I swear every time I work on the control arms I loose these, or mix them up, or loose track of them somehow

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yes sir, and up until today I didn't know there was two different kind, no wonder my ball joint puller was slippin' off the tie rod ends, so I went to Oh' Reallys and rented the proper one

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but today I was ready for these little rascals to go flying right into my pre labeled zippie zip baggies

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and what did they do after I loosened them bolts? did they drop straight to the floor or some black abyss

No, nope, they just stayed there, laffin' at me!!!

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document (although four per side they are of different thickneseses)

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well between cleaning the garage a bit, and the 7 trips to the parts house to rent the proper pullers I only got one side removed

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so how long did that took?

one bottle of red

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learned something new today, the steering knuckle comes off the spindle! who knew? I've only always seen 'em as one piece

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I have seen the steering arms both ways, removable and cast as one piece in the spindle. I wish mine were removable, my Mustang rack and pinion has terrible radius because the C20 arm is way too long for the rack.

Did you try applying heat to the spindle to expand it from the ball joint?

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thanks Mike, and no not yet, here's a facetious question for you, how does the heat know which metal piece to expand, that has always bugged me, I mean we are applying heat to the spindle and the ball joint, so my simple mind thinks both grow in size, but then again I was never any good in Physics Education, could barely do 5 push 'em ups

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managed to get the other side off today, this time I tried heat on the upper control arm ball joint, but no dice, also had to cut it