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Old 05-04-2015, 06:35 AM   #4
JJorgensen52
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Re: New project! The "Red Herring"

Last couple days, more electrical design work done, spent a bunch of time at the boneyard hunting up parts, and some time out of doors just enjoying the beautiful weather this weekend.

But I also got the axle pulled from my parts Blazer and test fitted to the frame:



This is important for two reasons.
1. Confirms I have clearance for everything as I had hoped
2. Will allow me to roll the chassis under the truck here tomorrow or Wednesday

It also shows me (you can see in that second picture that the parking brake cable wants to go through the coil spring) that I am probably going to have to swap the backing plates around (so the brake cables exit rearward) for routing purposes. The 2WD backing plates have the calipers clocked opposite these, so I can swap the parking brake cable orientation and keep the calipers in the forward position.
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