Thread: Does this look safe?

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Chaz: I was just thinking the other day we haven't heard any updates from you lately. Glad to see you are still on the job.

My opinion is that you have actually done some things very well here. The square steel plate is nice and thick, and your u bolts look to be new and substantial. Not sure why your steel spacers needed the nuts, and simply weren't full length, but even that is probably ok.

As southerner said, that axle was made to haul lots more weight than you will be putting on it, and I agree with rpope in the welding of that plate to the axle. Crank up the amps on the welder and get a real good bead on these two to make the plate part of the axle. You have reduced room for the tie rod, but with some snaking around and planning, that should be ok.

Yeah, overall, I don't see any significant problems with it, and you should be fine. Just make sure you leave sufficient travel between the axle and frame so the car can bounce up and down without bottoming out. You might want to put two of those rubber snubbers onto the frame right where it would hit to cushion it if it does.

Good to see you posting updates again.


Don


PS: I see when you posted this same question and pictures on the HAMB you got quite a different response. That forum amazes me. They seem to take great delight in chewing people up and spitting them out. That's why I only surf it and would never belong. JMO

Don---gotta agree with you on the HAMB forum. I joined it a while back, but got turned off by their attitude toward inexperienced rodders, haven't ben back there for months.