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[mrqtipp]

more pics



mid body line. Had a clamp in place at the time of bend but no pics



pulled the quarters together with a strap (not pictured)

 

[mrqtipp]

picture from the top

Its hard to tell form the photos how much its dovetailed but its pretty close to the the same width as the front bib.




sloppy work area



I am going to leave the wheel wells open until I get the shock hoops welded in

 

[mrqtipp]

grinded the welds down.









will finish the passenger side this weekend

 

[FLYINGLOW]

Again nice work man. Dove tails are great, I just haven't got the guts to do it on mine yet...

My one question is are you mounting the tcase to the rear crossmember? If you are, I know your going for beef but I just don't agree with an extra mount. The flex in the mounts will not be allowing the drive train to rotate around the same axis if you know what I mean. It will cause the adapter to flex as the engine tranny tcase assembly torques. Just my thoughts, I hope I have explained myself well enough.

 

[bustanutley]

His middle mount is going to make the assembly angry unless his frame is really stiff, the rear one will be ok.

 

[mrqtipp]

FLYINGLOW

bustanutley

The rear is what I consider a removable crossmember and will be used as a mount for the rear links and frame stability mid way of the frame. The crossmember also has a poly bushing mount for tcase SUPPORT only.

The tcase mount (forward) was giving me hell and I had a devil of a time with it. I have a better mount that attaches to the bottom of the novak adaptor but it hangs down below the frame.

Are you guys suggesting that the tcase mount that only has poly bushings on the frame rails will not allow the the drive train to rotate/flex??

If thats the case I will change it now.

Thanks for weighing in on the issues and please respond to the above question.

I continually make mistakes while working on my junk by myself with no supervision/help.

 

[bustanutley]

The poly bushings will not allow for enough movement when you give them so much leverage against the drivetrain. If the chassis twists at a different rate from your belhouseing mounts to your x-member with the poly bushings, you are going to induce a pretty substantial torsion load on the drivetrain and will end up with matting surfaces coming loose which will result in sealing problems, or worse yet, breaking the adapter. Poser set his up like yours but is frame is reinforced heavily.

Here are some photos of what I did, I have the same setup as you BTW, but with an atlas instead of a mosterbox.

 

[mrqtipp]

After thinking about it I agree with your assesment and I will redo it this weekend.

Repair and despair

Do you have any pictures of the your finished floor

Thanks

The poly bushings will not allow for enough movement when you give them so much leverage against the drivetrain. If the chassis twists at a different rate from your belhouseing mounts to your x-member with the poly bushings, you are going to induce a pretty substantial torsion load on the drivetrain and will end up with matting surfaces coming loose which will result in sealing problems, or worse yet, breaking the adapter. Poser set his up like yours but is frame is reinforced heavily.

Here are some photos of what I did, I have the same setup as you BTW, but with an atlas instead of a mosterbox.

 

[bustanutley]

My floor is not finished yet, I don't' know if I will ever get around to it

 

[FLYINGLOW]

Are you guys suggesting that the tcase mount that only has poly bushings on the frame rails will not allow the the drive train to rotate/flex??

Yes that is what I was thinking. Without that torque tube cross member you are opening yourself up to more frame flex but there is no other way around it with a trive train as long as yours.

Looks like Busta has you pointed in the right direction though.

Good luck and keep it up.

 

[mrqtipp]

weekend updates

didnt get much done this weekend

the bob continues

 

[mrqtipp]

the drivers side came out better



going to leave the wheel wells open until hoops are complete

 

[mrqtipp]

side profile





after welding some holes up the liner caught on fire

 

[mrqtipp]

drivers side

 

[mrqtipp]

passenger side

 

[mrqtipp]

corners came out pretty good.

I might have to cut them a bit higher but I wont know until I get to the full stuff stage



passenger side



drivers side

 

[mrqtipp]

more pics

 

[mrqtipp]

as discussed earlier the old mounts had to go





cut a piece of channel down to an angle bracket to mount bushing

 

[mrqtipp]

used the plasma to cut brackets off

 

[mrqtipp]

old support



square stock for new brace

liner on fire