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Old 01-18-2017, 11:49 AM   #42
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Name: lightsOUT
Title: Too Much Time
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Location: saylorsburg, pa
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Originally Posted by bigstacks95 View Post
Well I tore into it this weekend.

Chopped the spindle off with a band saw. Of course I screwed up and had to re-cut it.
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Eyeballed up
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Our Jig was a 1" solid rod with 5" long aluminum pucks machined to fit exactly inside the spindles
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squaring it up
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A couple tacks. We were so pre-occupied with getting it straght that we completely forgot about prepping the housing with a V for the weld to get into. So we just put these tacks on to keep it in place then removed the clamps and whatnot and prepped it better. Total Duh moment.
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Stuck on there for good
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Finished product, removed the brake flanges, ground off the panhard bar mount for the air ride truck, the ABS wire mounts, and brake can mounts
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And weighed it for heck of it, was surprised to get it down this far
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Hopefully it works out
Since I am out of the pulling scene I could care less about the Rockwell but I would like to know more about the 69 Camaro under that cover in the background.
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the dark side made me do it.........
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