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The stock steering shaft goes too.

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Here is a shot of the main rack mounting brackets

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The two lower 'fingers' set the height of the brackets. The first locating hole is dead center on the crossmember.

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The production rack mount

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thats looking great! so at this point whats your best bet at how many pennies i am going to need to save up?

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How does one go about locating dead center? Looks good so far :cool:

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yes.....we're getting there!

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Do you see the hole above, I believe that is center of the crossmember

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What kinda of rack is being used here?

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There is a hole above the bend, and also on the bottom. We measure using the lower A-arm U-bolt as a guide. More to come.

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Is it available manual?? How much lighter.
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When the thread was somewhat new, I read where it was stated what OE rack was being used. Now I don't see it anywhere. Did someone delete it???

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Next we cleaned all of the greese and grime off of the main crossmember. A piece of tape on the crossmember will make it easier to see the center line marks.

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Using the lower A-arm u-bolts as a guide, measure and mark the center of the crossmember-make 2 or 3 measurements and double check your center from both sides.

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Set the main mounting bracket onto the cross member and line up the center hole with the center line mark. Locate the hole center and mark it.

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Center punch and drill with a 3/8 bit.

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Re-mount the main plate and bolt in place. Reach through the large port in the crossmember behind each spring pocket.

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Using the bracket as a guide drill the remaining 4 holes with a 3/8 drill bit.

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Assemble the rack to the rack mount. Start with the drivers side rack mount bolt.

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For the passenger side use the two supplied u-bolts to mount the rack to the bracket.

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Test fit the rack mounting bracket. Our rack hit the lip of the crossmember-mark any interferance.

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Use a grinder to cut the lip down for clearance.

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Next is the spindle modification. Using a 5/8 drill bit, drill out the tie-rod mounting hole. Start from the top side. Try to drill it straight down through the original hole.

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this looks great and should perform nice . i can't wait to see the finished product.

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So far looks killer. I can't wait for them to be up for sale...
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Next it's on to the steering shafts and u-joints. This bearing mount comes in the kit and must be fitted into the frame rail.

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Using the diagram provided you will need to drill two new holes in the chassis-both 5/16". Then open up the factory hole to 7/8".

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This shows the holes drilled out. We also did a little die-grinding for steering shaft clearance. You'll see why next.

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Here you can see the shaft support bearing in place.

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To get the Flaming River u-joint (supplied with the kit) to fit. The lower lip of the frame needs to be ground back about 3/8" to clear.

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Before final assembly, we noticed that one of the u-bolts was hitting the crossmember so the excess thread was cut off. You will need to check this

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Looks like a good kit so far How much is it and when can we buy it?
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I like it. Will this work on an '82 as well?

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The complete kit will include the rack and pinion, the rack mount, all mounting hardware, tie rod adjusters, outter tie rod assemblies, steering shaft stablizer bearing and mount, 2 flaming river billet u-joints, and a section of steering shaft.

The list price will end up at @ 849.00 for the complete kit.

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Forum Member Special

We are going to pre-sell 10 kits at a discounted price of $750.00.

This offer is only good for Forum Members, this will give member a good deal and help us with production cost. If you are interested in purchasing one of the first ten please call direct to our order line 909-386-7637.

Expected ship date is July 1st. :metal:

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Yes the kits will fit from 1963-1987.

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Rob,

you did not mention anything about driver side motor mount or requirement of notching the frame for tie rods. Can you confirm that the only modification required is the lip on the crossmember and the frame steering shaft hole/frame clearance.

A complete install pic would really be nice prior to us phoning for the discounted price.

Looks good so far

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Taking a second look I see that in the pic for making clearance on bottom frame leg for the rack that the rack boots will be well bellow frame.

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Thanks, in the beginning it looked like a motor mount mod was in the cards. But, with a few changes to the rack mounting for input shaft position, and using a three U-joint steering system, this is no longer needed. No notching the frame for the tie rods. If you look at the bearing mount picts, we use the 'forward' hole on the top of the frame as a starting point for the pass through hole. There may be some motor mounts that interfere with this, but the stock V-8, and all of the aftermarket mounts use the back two. (I think the forward hole may have been for 6 cyl mouns. Any info?) We have done a lot of test fitting on all three series - 63-66, 67-72, 73-87, and only about 1/3 of the trucks need the little bit of rack clearance, ALL of the trucks need the clearance for the lower U-Joint.

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While we will be taking pre-orders, progress on this instal will take a short break, (thurs,fri) as we have a install certification class going on. We will finish the install and test drive tuesday ad Adams Motorsports Park.