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Originally Posted by _Ogre
what your suggesting only supports the bottom flange, anything you put in there should support both top and bottom flanges. i believe most of tanks require relocating the brace 6" rearward, no need to move it further than needed. not sure what your issue is with cutting out the stock brace, many people relocate it. not sure any of the rivets are common to the shackle mounts, they are not on the 55-59 trucks. the rivets are pretty soft, replacing rivets with grade 3 bolts will probably be equivalent
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I'm coming around to just cutting the rivets off so that the entire cross member can be moved rearward. That will mean using bolts in the two holes on each side for each shackle that have rivets for the crossmember. Hopefully, I can get my angle grinder in there to cut one end of the rivet off and then use a hammer and a punch to get the rivet out. After moving the crossmember, I will then bolt them back to the frame (top and bottom). Lots of cutting, pounding, and drilling in my future.