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10-22-2006, 09:35 PM
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Location: Calgary Canada
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Sectioned x-member 1 3/8"
Got my x-member sectioned 1 3/8" now just need to paint and install.
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10-22-2006, 10:17 PM
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Re: Sectioned x-member 1 3/8"
Nice job, not an easy task.
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10-22-2006, 11:16 PM
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Re: Sectioned x-member 1 3/8"
I highly recommend installing the crossmember & test fitting all the steering pieces before painting anything.
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10-23-2006, 01:27 AM
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Re: Sectioned x-member 1 3/8"
i don't see there being a problem with fitment or clearance issues. This x-member was sectioned an 1 3/8" to avoid such problems. I have a buddy who has done a few of these now so it should just pop right in. I have already takin care of the steering linkage. Either way, if i have to do a lil grinding here or there, its nothing a lil paint won't cover up later. This one's just going on my winter beater anyway.
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If you can't rock the roads with your bumpers 1/2" off the ground, you're nowhere near low enough!
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10-23-2006, 07:39 AM
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Re: Sectioned x-member 1 3/8"
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Even after cutting the u-bolt, it still would not clear. I had to shim the c.member down 1/4" to get clearance. Now it will turn lock to lock w/o hitting but it is pretty close (1/8"~1/4"max). If I do another one, I won't go more than 1 1/8".
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67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol. Last edited by SCOTI; 10-23-2006 at 07:41 AM. |
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