gear box brace

[aggielr]

this one cost a lot less than the one from the magazine, but took awhile to make, didn't have much of a template to work with

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[StevenAg03]

how does it fit on there landon?

[aggielr]

painted it last night and bolted it on, works great

[aggielr]

here's some of it mounted

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[StevenAg03]

how is it braced more then it was before....looks like you made a whole new mounting bracket so you could remount it somewhere thats not factory....

[aggielr]

on the '79, it was 2 pieces of stamped steel bolted together and to the frame, the gear box would swing about 3 or 4 inches back and forth w/ the bigger tires on it, wasn't very sturdy, but w/ this one, its much more solid

this is similiar to what i was shootin for, but this one cost $90

[StevenAg03]

looks like you did a good job...how long did it take you to make it and was it worth saving the $90(- parts) to do it yourself?

[aggielr]

well i was able to use someone else's drill press, so counting that, about 4 hours total, and yea, it was worth it, mostly cause i can say i did it

mine also drops down about 1" so it makes my drag link almost parallel to the tie rod

[eight]

You thinkin of running a brace from the box by the pitman arm to the frame rail on the other side too? I think those work well. That's all I have on mine. Before it, most of the play in my steering was actually coming from the box moving.

[aggielr]

yea, thought about that too, but this was cooler, i'll probably end up havin to use one of those if i lock the front, but right now its still open, so this sould be ok