Interference: brake booster and CPP crossmember, please help!

[MrDude_1]

oh, and as for the original topic:

no one ever said the transmission crossmember has to go straight across the frame.
theres nothing wrong with making one that bends and attaches several inches back on one side then the other.. remember, the crossmember is not there to keep the engine from tipping side to side, its there to hold the tailshaft at a given height, and hold the engine/trans centerline to the truck.

[robnolimit]

Yes, our trans crossmember will clear most other manufacturers P/B kits, being that most of them copied ours. I will refrain from the pinion angle discussion, as it seems to be getting a bit heated.

[hsdropout]

I thought it was very helpful & informational discussion, far from "heated".
If you really want to see some "heated" discussion, spend some time at the Harley Davidson forums.

Bottom line: if it works good, if it doesn't somebody could get hurt. Cheers!

[robnolimit]

haha, i know what you mean!!

[hsdropout]

Not to change the subject.....but I sure hope I don't have interference with oil pan, straight axle, engine crossmember or anything else when I go to install my new PS kit from "No Limit Engineering".
Pretty cool little unit, hope it works out for the $$$.$$ I shelled out.

[Tchia65]

Originally Posted by Russell Ashley

I've been following your build thread and obviously you know a thing or two about building a chassis that works, but you are wrong in this case. It's true that that pinion angle changes slightly on acceleration, but it changes slightly in the other direction when braking. If starting and stopping make up 10-20% of driving time, the u-joint angle is out of phase for all of the rest of the time that you are not accelerating if it isn't set the same initially.
Actually, this is probably a moot discussion, as one degree difference probably isn't going to be noticeable anyway.
We aren't going to agree on this so you continue to do what works for you and I'll do what works for me, which is setting the angles the same.

Agree to disagree.

I do agree that no one said the cross member needs to be straight. How low does your tranny sit in relation to the frame? Does it have to be a drop member?

[robnolimit]

Our P/S rack kits take up the same amount of room as a piece of 3" tubing on the back side of the axle. If you have room for that, you'll have no problems.