[gringoloco]

Originally Posted by ortegamotor

hey Chris i am at the same point with my 70cst i have all of the suspension off and i am getting ready to put the front cross member into place. do you have any advice on that and and or measurements? and where did you come up with the location for the rear end cross member? thanks for your advice. Tony

Tony- I bought this one already converted, so no ideas on how to get it in the exact place in the front. Best thing I can think is to get all your measurements from a 2wd truck and transfer them to your frame. Mark your holes and then jack the crossmember into place to double check and then drill the holes out.

The main thing you want to be concerned with is the relationship of the crossmember to the steering gear. If this is off it will give you fits.

For the rear, I let boardmember bigbluthg do all the hard work(thinking). He has already completed this in the rear and I am just copying all his measurements. Using the existing holes as shown above will center you exactly in the rear wheelwells. Click on the link to bigbluthg's picture page in the first post for more photos. He might also be able to help with the front measurements.

Not much on updates right now, been spending a LOT of time cutting rivets and prepping parts for the powder coater. More to come soon.

-Chris

Edit: Also found this info originally posted by Livrat concerning front crossmember measurements-

Originally Posted by Livrat

Sorry to say but none of the holes line up. The way I usually do it is, Cut off the donor truck frame rails just behind the shock mounts.. then take each frame rail and cut them where they bend so you have three flat pieces, A top, A side, and a bottom.. then use those for templates, You will find some common holes that will line up.. bolt each piece on top of the Blazer frame rails and use "transfer Punches" to center punch all of the needed crossmember holes and start drilling, start with a small bit and work your way up to the desired diameter.. I hope that was not to confusing,

You could also just make templates out of cardboard or the like, instead of cutting up pieces of framerail, and transfer the holes that way. Good luck, and NICE lookin' Blazer btw.