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Custom 68 · 11-01-2013, 02:28 PM

Nate, thanks and yes it helps a ton. You are correct my best bet is to cut and reweld. I thought I might be able to make a shim that would work but again I will be better off to do it correct. I was also concerned about this big angle I didn't understand why mine was so far off I had understood the other benefit to raising the mounts was to help the pinion angle and mine seemed to have the opposite effect. I couldn't see that I had done anything wrong...
My main questions you answered I just wanted to make sure I understood and my reasoning was sound on the direction everything was pointing.
The cold weather is about here so I have some time I have built this truck to drive and to drive hard if I wanted to. I have tried to do any mods I can to enhance that.
Now for me to decide what to do since I can tear it out.
Again thanks
Dave

11-01-2013, 02:28 PM	#3
Custom 68 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Springfield, MO Posts: 2,946	Re: drastic pinion angle after raising front trailing arms Nate, thanks and yes it helps a ton. You are correct my best bet is to cut and reweld. I thought I might be able to make a shim that would work but again I will be better off to do it correct. I was also concerned about this big angle I didn't understand why mine was so far off I had understood the other benefit to raising the mounts was to help the pinion angle and mine seemed to have the opposite effect. I couldn't see that I had done anything wrong... My main questions you answered I just wanted to make sure I understood and my reasoning was sound on the direction everything was pointing. The cold weather is about here so I have some time I have built this truck to drive and to drive hard if I wanted to. I have tried to do any mods I can to enhance that. Now for me to decide what to do since I can tear it out. Again thanks Dave __________________ Dave 1968 Custom Chevy with turbo charged 5.3 gen III 4l80e swap 1967-71 GMC 3/4 ton long step 4x4 (not sure what year exactly?) "A good friend will bail you out of jail...but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying "that was frekin awesome". "If it doesn't fit force it...If it breaks then it needed to be replaced anyway!"