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Here you can see I notched the frame and installed two sections of 3x4x1/4" steel tube to extend my ...
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front view
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I purchased a 40" of 5x5 angle iron. the frame rails on the truck are 40" from outer to outer frame...
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I made the hangers out of two pieces of the 3x4. I cut the pieces to 5" with a cutting wheel, drill...
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Here's a front view
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Welded to the frame, Gussetted for lateral support, D rings for winch/chain anchors
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front view
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F350's are in short supply in my wrecking yards and when found the yards think they are made of gold...
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Here's a mock up of how I think things will line up. I just hung the body clip on and set the tire ...
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Is it just me or does this leaf angle look alot better than when the shackle was to the rear. I pro...
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Here it is at home in my yard at long last.
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I got 4 8 lug rollers from a local yard to hold the project up. I figured it would be a hell of alo...
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Here's a picture of it under the truck with the vehicles weight on it.
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2437 hits | 55.66 KB | Posted: 3/31/04

You can see in the picture here that I won't be using the drop pitman arm. It appears that I'm goin...
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2366 hits | 55.02 KB | Posted: 3/31/04

Here's my grind work on the drivers side. I've been told all I have to do is notch it so this shoul...
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2436 hits | 69.82 KB | Posted: 3/31/04

These are the two Ubolt plates I used. The one on the right is off of a 10.25 rear off of a F250. ...
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You can see on the 10.25 ubolt plate that I had to "feather" out the holes for a 4" Ubolt to fit nea...
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The Ubolts I used for this initial mock up are two 3 1/4" ubolts on the 9" plate. A 4" and a 3 1/2"...
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Alas I had managed to move my axle too far forward. Under compression (Me bouncing up and down on t...
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I have to cut 3" from the square tube I used in order to move it in more.
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I also needed to notch the frame some more in order to fit the hangers on the angle iron.
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How'd you like to be woke up by this guy? heh heh heh
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Here's my xmember and hanger assy with my tubes chopped 3 inches shorter
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Here it is mocked up. I have to do a little more grinding on this side but other than that every th...
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Here is my drag link after taking 3" off the front and moving the Hanger 4" back
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Here is the new location of my rear leaf hangers. Since I had already cut the stock F350 hangers to...
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boxed
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2402 hits | 69.58 KB | Posted: 2/20/05

Po mans locker! Lincoln welded to the max! That pin aint breakin. It's all a solid unit now.
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Here's what I came up with for lower shock mounts. This problem has plagued me for months and this ...
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The driveline angle looks good.
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Front view of my tranny xmember

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