Thread: Bad Ast Astro Van Build
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01-09-2017 05:05 PM #1
Got the rear suspension assembled tonight. It still fits... which is a good thing.
I rolled the housing underneath the frame after rotating it flat on the rotisserie. The better half helped hold the housing while I got the bars slipped into place.
https://images41.fotki.com/v1634/pho...MVC002F-vi.jpg
https://images51.fotki.com/v1638/pho...MVC003F-vi.jpg
With the bars all bolted up and the panhard bar in place I used a couple of tie down straps to get it raised up so I could connect the shocks.
https://images12.fotki.com/v1641/pho...MVC005F-vi.jpg
https://images54.fotki.com/v1642/pho...MVC009F-vi.jpg
I was also working on the upper shock attachments. Right now there is a 1" hole drilled thru both sides of the upper cross member. I went to Durand and picked up a 4' piece of 1" O.D. x 1/4" wall D.O.M. and cut a couple of sleeves for the 1/2" bolts that hold the upper shock eyes. Once everything is pulled back apart I will weld these in.
https://images34.fotki.com/v1633/pho...MVC010F-vi.jpg
https://images12.fotki.com/v1641/pho...MVC011F-vi.jpg
Getting this hung in there tonight was enough for me. Tomorrow I'll start finishing up the brake line stuff.
MarkIf money is the root of all evil... Women must be the fertilizer...
Link to my BAD AST Build Thread:
http://www.clubhotrod.com/suspension...van-build.html
Dammit, another good ol boy gone. Condolence to the family. RIP Mike
RIP Mike Frade, aka 34_40