Dave--I'm glad that you found a simple fix. I was going to pull your chain a little bit and tell you that if you had went with an "Old School" I-beam and transverse spring like I have, you could simply put a 1" spacer in between the top of the spring pack and the underside of the crossmember to gain an inch of ground clearance.---(And yes, I had to do that!!) I'm happy that your "fix" didn't involve having to change or refabricate anything.---Brian