Quote Originally Posted by Dave Severson View Post
Position of the lower arm looks good so far, Ryan. That crossmember looks weak, going to take some good reinforcement and gusseting to make it work right! Just keep that upper arm centered in it's range of travel on the slots! Did you put an angle finder or caster/camber gauge (preferred) on the spindle to get the 5 to 7 degrees cranked into it?

I would also suggest some gussets from the crossmember to the frame as well as from the lower shaft tube to the crossmember. With the proper structuring and some good welds, it should do fine, Ryan....
Yes I did Dave. Now the other issue that was brought to my attention. Look at the top pic in post 143...... The front part of the frame is above the rear part of the cross member by a good bit. Hopefully the LH rail is the same, or maybe that is a bad pic. I'm heading over there now to look at it. I think I know why it's hacked, I mean done like that...... Instead of notching the lower portion of the frame so the rack would fit, they raised the front of the frame to make clearance. Oh, this just gets better and better..... I do plan on adding gussets every where I can. I think I'm going to make the gussets and tack them in place, then get the engine sat in position so I can try to make sure everything can fit. Then remove the engine and weld everything with the engine out.

On the bright side, I ordered a 2 1/2" exhaust kit from summit, and a new Tank Inc 16 gal gas tank. My brake kit and front brake lines are on the way too. I got my first installment from Hot Heads as well. They back ordered my carb adapter for 2 weeks. It should work out ok. I have plenty of work to do until then.