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445 hits | 60.8 KB | Posted: 9/27/07
Started taking the front apart

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420 hits | 70.8 KB | Posted: 9/27/07

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365 hits | 65.36 KB | Posted: 9/27/07

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142 hits | 81.7 KB | Posted: 9/29/07
Getting it torn down

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125 hits | 81.35 KB | Posted: 9/29/07
Missing spider gears

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356 hits | 76.62 KB | Posted: 9/29/07

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262 hits | 80.4 KB | Posted: 9/29/07

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231 hits | 80.21 KB | Posted: 9/29/07
Axle on the Ground

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236 hits | 79.32 KB | Posted: 9/29/07

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120 hits | 74.57 KB | Posted: 9/29/07

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324 hits | 71.44 KB | Posted: 9/29/07
The wife LOVES my trucks to be in this condition.

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278 hits | 80.95 KB | Posted: 9/29/07
Axle ready to go be geared and locked.

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244 hits | 48.98 KB | Posted: 10/4/07
Got my D44 axle back from Six States.

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273 hits | 66.84 KB | Posted: 10/4/07
Detroit locker, 5.13 gears, all new seals and bearings

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214 hits | 49.45 KB | Posted: 10/4/07
5.13

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235 hits | 43.28 KB | Posted: 10/4/07
Big ass 1350 yoke

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265 hits | 70.6 KB | Posted: 10/4/07
Ready for paint

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275 hits | 78.79 KB | Posted: 10/8/07
Pressure washed the frame

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332 hits | 77.75 KB | Posted: 10/8/07

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323 hits | 73.59 KB | Posted: 10/9/07
Frame painted semi gloss black

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238 hits | 76.66 KB | Posted: 10/9/07

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210 hits | 67.73 KB | Posted: 10/9/07

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312 hits | 66.67 KB | Posted: 10/10/07
Shiny VHT epoxy paint

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198 hits | 56.18 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
Radius arms showed up today

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101 hits | 70.69 KB | Posted: 10/11/07

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179 hits | 65.06 KB | Posted: 10/11/07

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209 hits | 58.1 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
Pivot brackets

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183 hits | 58.95 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
Lots of extra holes

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160 hits | 60.13 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
Other side

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182 hits | 61.58 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
4 degree c bushings

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109 hits | 94.4 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
The cast ends for the ends of the arms

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240 hits | 54.28 KB | Posted: 10/11/07
Big ass heim

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214 hits | 65 KB | Posted: 10/11/07

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225 hits | 69.33 KB | Posted: 10/12/07
Measuring up for the brackets

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121 hits | 71.82 KB | Posted: 10/12/07
Bolted up with 4 bolts

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278 hits | 60.8 KB | Posted: 10/12/07

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206 hits | 59.73 KB | Posted: 10/12/07
Inside bracket

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234 hits | 45.15 KB | Posted: 10/12/07
Drivers side gonna suck

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212 hits | 66.13 KB | Posted: 10/12/07

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231 hits | 51.22 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
Here ya go, cut and bolted on

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206 hits | 42.34 KB | Posted: 10/13/07

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221 hits | 71.79 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
A look inside

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248 hits | 41.1 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
Decided to hit my finger with the "Dead blow"

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177 hits | 36.29 KB | Posted: 10/13/07

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110 hits | 73.76 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
Radius arm in place

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200 hits | 72.58 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
And a pair

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206 hits | 70.94 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
Almost ready for the axle

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208 hits | 78.04 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
Axle ready to get bolted back up

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144 hits | 76.95 KB | Posted: 10/13/07

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193 hits | 49.4 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
Drivers side bolted up

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182 hits | 72.86 KB | Posted: 10/13/07

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256 hits | 71.31 KB | Posted: 10/13/07
Passenger side

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238 hits | 69.13 KB | Posted: 10/13/07

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169 hits | 73.51 KB | Posted: 10/14/07
Spring cups and track bar installed

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221 hits | 77.59 KB | Posted: 10/14/07

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129 hits | 67.73 KB | Posted: 10/14/07
6" Deaver coil....the old style soft ones.

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133 hits | 64.99 KB | Posted: 10/14/07

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217 hits | 70.97 KB | Posted: 10/14/07
Sitting on jackstands under the axle

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224 hits | 56.33 KB | Posted: 10/14/07

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261 hits | 51.72 KB | Posted: 10/14/07
Coil bow to the outside, passenger side

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210 hits | 59.35 KB | Posted: 10/14/07
Coil bow drivers side

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196 hits | 63.91 KB | Posted: 10/14/07

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97 hits | 69.66 KB | Posted: 10/15/07
Took it apart to make angled shims

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82 hits | 52.22 KB | Posted: 10/15/07
Got more brackets from duff.

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92 hits | 50.79 KB | Posted: 10/15/07
Making my shims in the vice with a grinder

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182 hits | 54.63 KB | Posted: 10/15/07

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246 hits | 54.94 KB | Posted: 10/15/07
Like this.

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212 hits | 50.08 KB | Posted: 10/15/07

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262 hits | 56.17 KB | Posted: 10/15/07
Then it rained...but i think its better

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163 hits | 37.61 KB | Posted: 10/15/07
Hit my finger a few more times, does it look normal?

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170 hits | 59.26 KB | Posted: 10/16/07
Yup, looks pretty good

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109 hits | 63.47 KB | Posted: 10/16/07
Steering setup passenger side

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100 hits | 62.28 KB | Posted: 10/16/07
You can see the angles are better with the dropped track bar

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177 hits | 75.25 KB | Posted: 10/16/07

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104 hits | 69.4 KB | Posted: 10/16/07

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103 hits | 79.21 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Yukon axle shafts showed up today

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124 hits | 65.68 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Cage shock hoops too

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100 hits | 27.74 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Cage changed his upper mount

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104 hits | 64.75 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Getting the passenger side mounted

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126 hits | 78.49 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Todd drilling the lower mounts

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183 hits | 74.94 KB | Posted: 10/17/07

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124 hits | 75.92 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
The shocks poke up in the engine compartment

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179 hits | 82.18 KB | Posted: 10/17/07

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111 hits | 80.2 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Drivers side

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206 hits | 61.7 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Getting closer to done

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103 hits | 62.61 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Braces installed on the crossmember

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77 hits | 66.01 KB | Posted: 10/17/07
Yukon shafts cleaned up

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208 hits | 71.51 KB | Posted: 10/17/07

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228 hits | 77.03 KB | Posted: 10/18/07

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259 hits | 58.11 KB | Posted: 10/18/07

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172 hits | 62.74 KB | Posted: 10/18/07

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115 hits | 84.95 KB | Posted: 10/19/07
Todd brought by some Brute force 297s.

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94 hits | 94.94 KB | Posted: 10/19/07

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81 hits | 65 KB | Posted: 10/19/07
So..this is Yukon shafts with Brute Force joints

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87 hits | 63.34 KB | Posted: 10/19/07

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97 hits | 55.21 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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132 hits | 50.27 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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160 hits | 44.94 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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160 hits | 40.43 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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224 hits | 68.32 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
Next morning in the light

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194 hits | 54.87 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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201 hits | 75.86 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
Custom bent brake lines

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158 hits | 73.91 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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193 hits | 78.95 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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158 hits | 73.83 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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161 hits | 75.93 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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177 hits | 62.72 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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111 hits | 61.99 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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210 hits | 57.91 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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180 hits | 65.08 KB | Posted: 10/21/07
Bluetorch fab diff cover

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148 hits | 69.63 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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207 hits | 67.57 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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205 hits | 78.6 KB | Posted: 10/21/07

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91 hits | 87.65 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
Checking the wheels for fit on the front

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85 hits | 82.77 KB | Posted: 10/22/07

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105 hits | 64.52 KB | Posted: 10/22/07

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154 hits | 90.56 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
Painted the "rock ring" drab to match the truck

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101 hits | 84.16 KB | Posted: 10/22/07

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172 hits | 51.36 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
Cut almost a full coil off of the Superflex 6" springs.

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100 hits | 51.34 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
Primed the end so it wont rust

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174 hits | 60.02 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
Passenger side with cut coil

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177 hits | 64.96 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
I cut right to the low spot on the spring cup

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188 hits | 67.22 KB | Posted: 10/22/07

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139 hits | 57.92 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
Drivers side

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252 hits | 60.74 KB | Posted: 10/22/07
Does it look more level? It dropped almost an inch.

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141 hits | 92.12 KB | Posted: 11/1/07
Went to pick it up at Robs offroad

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540 hits | 67.19 KB | Posted: 11/1/07
They flexed it for me

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241 hits | 61.49 KB | Posted: 11/1/07

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165 hits | 71.95 KB | Posted: 11/1/07

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227 hits | 66.63 KB | Posted: 11/1/07
Spring at compression

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258 hits | 72.75 KB | Posted: 11/1/07

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195 hits | 74.37 KB | Posted: 11/1/07

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228 hits | 66.99 KB | Posted: 11/1/07

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182 hits | 78.36 KB | Posted: 11/1/07

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244 hits | 73.84 KB | Posted: 11/1/07

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267 hits | 70.56 KB | Posted: 11/1/07

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40 hits | 80.77 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Tires coming off to go to a dyno

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31 hits | 78.77 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
A little surface rust after sitting all winter

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27 hits | 72.25 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Was gonna drive it like this...but it looks too funky

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22 hits | 73.51 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Took the fronts off also

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Got it up on jackstands so I can swap the track bar

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20 hits | 80.86 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Old track bar angles were great

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29 hits | 70.76 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
But there were issues, like the exhaust.

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28 hits | 82.66 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Used ratchet straps to contain the axle side to side

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46 hits | 74.99 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Track bar has a drop bracket, which i feel was putting lots of stress on the frame, and it didnt fee...

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48 hits | 74.18 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Unbolted track bar bracket from the frame, notice how far the adj track bar id extended out

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62 hits | 74.93 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Drilled the hole in the bracket out to 3/4"

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40 hits | 75.68 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
New track bar ready to go in

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40 hits | 72.74 KB | Posted: 4/26/08

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Bolted in place, nice and solid

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33 hits | 79.97 KB | Posted: 4/26/08

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48 hits | 79.69 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Angles arent great, but much more solid

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46 hits | 68.23 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Where the tie rod was hitting the dropped trac bar mount

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51 hits | 68.46 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Back on the ground

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43 hits | 67.03 KB | Posted: 4/26/08
Ready to go to the chassis dyno

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31 hits | 73.49 KB | Posted: 6/21/08
Old steering removed

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39 hits | 83.53 KB | Posted: 6/21/08
New steering from Bulletproof

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42 hits | 76.12 KB | Posted: 6/21/08
New stuff bolted on

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37 hits | 66.56 KB | Posted: 6/21/08

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55 hits | 61.66 KB | Posted: 6/21/08

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51 hits | 66.36 KB | Posted: 6/21/08

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54 hits | 72.42 KB | Posted: 6/21/08