It really doesn't need to line up exactly. That's what the heim is for. Tack it, eyeball it, burn it in, brace it.
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It really doesn't need to line up exactly. That's what the heim is for. Tack it, eyeball it, burn it in, brace it.
Exactly. As long as it's sleeved, you measure correctly, and weld with good penetration you'll be fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by uglyota
how deep is the tapped hole?
if its deeper than what you need to cut off, cut it off then use the hole as a guide to carefully drill it out deeper with a hand drill. be careful not to screw up the threads. then run a tap down it and presto done. its not like your gonna screw it up anymore anyways. :flipoff2:
that is the dumbest idea yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by stx4wheeler
why not something like this? this what people do on rovers' front arms. probably easier and cheaper
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eric no they didnt drill any further than the heim cause the heim bottoms out with a couple thread left over.
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there is your answer john.
i've decided to forget about bustin my ass to get it ready for tcc,so that i can get this all figured out right. i think i am gonna go measure the frame to bracket distance to figure out where i screwed up, and i am now also pondering doing what i previously said i wouldnt do and move my brackets where they need to be instead of cutting the arms or re working them. Cause my whole point of doing all this work and 60 swap was to get it to drive better on the road as well as off-road, and this is most likely what needs to be done to keep it as i planned.
I think you should have cut off a foot of the original radius arms and fabricated all new arms around it. It would probably still be easier and turn out better.
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Originally Posted by stx4wheeler
i didnt feel like readin all of it. even better, drill it before you cut it off. then you dont have to worry about messing up threads.
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Originally Posted by uglyota
yes, out of indonesian black mahogany.
the arms themselves are fine, both arms are extactly the same length, its the fuggin mounts that i screwed up on i put them to far forward, this could possibly have to do with our rti ramp of a driveay and the axle moving around under the truck or something.
iwent out and measured and the pasengerside bracket is like 3/4-1 inch farther forward that and the driverside, and i took a rough measure ment of how far forward the axle is by using both my coils uppers& lowers, and they seem to be about 1.5 forward on both of them. i will do some more measuring later this week or weekend and fiure out exactly how much the brackets need to go back, and do that instead of ghetto rigging the arms or shortening them.
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tube frame, same axles, harnesses, full hyrdo steering, 460 EFI, and the same front grill.....but then again that might take 3 years :flipoff2:
don't freak out, i'm just talkin ****