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[uglyota]

seriously? 2 little bolts under a whole lot of shear force? Also considering what we know about that frame so far I would stop no shorter than the bracket posted near the bottom of that page. It's not that hard to get a hold of a welder...you can even rent a 120 mig at Home Depot and weld it up well enough to drive it to a big welder

edit: I looked again and noticed there's a brace from there to the center of the crossmember...if that's solid it's probably okay

[sasquatch]

http://fullsizebronco.com/forum/show...t=15323&page=2

post number 22 look at the design, this is what you neeed to do since it is all bolt on for the most part except for welding of the pieces of the bracket which can be done elsewhere. then after that you can have all the pieces welded to the frame if you so desire.

man, there's a bunch of homos on that board too

[Seth]

So I went out and stared a little more today, this time with a couple pieces that I could check for fit. I also brought a bunch of scrap steel pieces I had in Irving home with me, so now I have enough nice heavy angle iron to build just about anything I can dream up I guess. My original idea is not gonna work. The thing that kinda bugs me is that there is more than one way to do it, and I want to make sure I go with the best one.

I also took a couple brake line brackets off the axle I am not gonna use, and also I unbolted and removed the remnants of my old Carr steps that I broke a LONG time ago. More for the aluminum selling pile. I am to some extent tryin to put the truck on a diet, with backpackers mentality. A pound here and a pound there will hopefully add up. I know that getting all my tools out of my bed toolbox helped a lot. Aluminum wheels will be worth about 40-50 pounds eventually. Stayin with a BFG type radial over a xlz or something will save 120-140 pounds. I am gonna lose a sub, and half the box, which will also give me more space behind the seat to stash a couple small things. Headers might even weigh less now that I think about it. I am curious what the TTB vs SAS looks like weight wise. I know that at one point my truck was at about 5500ish pounds. I would like to see what it was stock just for grins. Maybe some day I can get it down to 5000.

Just fair warning - I am going to be the same way about MPG - *** - when I stopped driving the truck gas was still well under two bucks a gallon!

[Seth]

BTW - I have def seen that thread on FSB. Thanks for input and opinions from all. Oh yeah - a spare axle shaft and 20 pounds of scraps came out too. *** I just remembered how my actual axle rode around in the bed for a LONG while. Apparently I am rambling now. Rescue kicks ass. All for now.

[william_ace]

progress is a winner. keep it up

[AggieTJ2007]

if you give me measurements Ill build and weld a bracket for you for some beer

[stx4wheeler]

the main thing is it needs to be bolt on for him to use it for the time being or until he can take it somewhere to get welded, unless he welds it with a 110 mig that he rents from home depot like eric said.

[agjohn02]

unless he welds it with a 110 mig that he rents from home depot like eric said.

sounds like a bad idea to me

[sasquatch]

no offense, but this track bar mount thing is turning into a monkey ****ing a football situation. all this scratching your ass and slaping your dicks doesn't do anything if you don't go out there and start building something to get a general idea. just make sure what you make is going to work before you start drilling holes or welding some shat pile on the frame

this is all stock stuff for 76-79

[agjohn02]

no offense, but this track bar mount thing is turning into a monkey ****ing a football situation.

turning into?


that happened long ago

[uglyota]

are those holes already in the frame? you just need to get some 1/4" thick square tubing with the right ID for your track bar bushing and get after it with a drill and grinder

[Seth]

***

[stx4wheeler]

no those holes are not in his frame, robert the sas on a ttb truck is different that 76-79 cause the track bar needs to go pretty much under the coil tower not in front of it.

[Seth]

ed zachary

[Seth]

Ok I am gonna work on the truck a while longer today and then tomorrow some. PM me or call me if you want to drop by, or just do it. I put one caliper on, and figured out the mounting for the most part. Anyone know what holds the outside pad in place? The brake lines are lookin good, a little long if anything. Does anyone have or know where to get the spindle studs (that go in the knuckle) or more importantly, the nuts that hold the bearing, etc in. These are the ones that take the special 4 prong socket to remove. I have the socket if anyone needs it to rob some extras. Now that I think about it, I might have some in my old TTB just have to get the stripped out hub allens out. All for now.