78 Big 10 on Wide Fives

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by hewittca

SCOTI, I'm with you there! I ran into that issue on my truck, so I was a nagging voice in the background of all this work reminding Nick that he may have tierod interference issues. I am from the future and can tell you it all works out.

Also Nick, we need to see that spreadsheet for proof you really are a nerd.

My assumption was it did work out since the truck made it out to an event. I just wondered/thought.... If there was some extra effort required, I hope it wasn't too drastic.

For others following this work, I did my first crossmember sectioning pretty similar to how GoSki did (including making the filler pieces).

On the subsequent ones I've done, I use a big freakin' crescent wrench to tweak the upper & lower areas that are mis-aligned once the material is removed from the center.

I reference mark the areas w/a Sharpie to know where the gaps are. I move the lower in a bit while pulling the upper out in those areas. A couple of rounds tweaking things lines them up close enough that the weld bead can get it done. Just an alternative....