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What exactly do you mean by "inner bridge cap"?

As for towing... I would not recommend towing with frame that has been notched.

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Disregard previous question. I'm an idiot. :crazy:

Will the inner notch cap be one piece or two? It appears that the upper portion is left open- where the notch rests on the axle tube when aired out.

The two pieces here with the stubby little ratchet:lol::

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1213243556

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The notch pictured had not yet been "finished"... the bottom portion you are referring to is welded in as part of the notch, along with with the two top plates that bolt to the top side of the factory frame rails. Due to the contour of the chassis I use a factory frame as the "jig"... I will be cutting this frame in half shortly so my "jig" won't take up as much space!

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Sweet!:metal:

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Awesome!!:D

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You're going to cut up that fine TX frame? :lol:

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Due to the sentimental value of this particular "TX frame" I figured I would immortalize it and make it the fixture for the 63-72 Dropmember Rear!:metal:

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I'm sure my neighbors miss it..... :lol: .

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great work like always. do you tig or mig when building the notch

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Thanks for the kind words. I use the MIG process on all the plate steel.

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Wow, that's gorgeous Nate.

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WOW great welds !!! Is there any reason this will not work on a lwb.

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Mine is a long bed, and I will be running it.

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KOOL THANKS

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Ttt

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Lookin really good..... those are some very very nice welds...

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Dang it! If I don't stop looking at this thread, I'm going to end up cutting a big hole in the rear of a perfectly good suburban..............:D.

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one way to make a "perfectly good suburban" even BETTER!:metal:

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:agree:

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:agree: +1

I think my personal feelings on the subject are no secret.

Josh

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Worked for my ''perfectly good'' Blazer!

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Whaaaaa? Rear DM for the Blaze?

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Nah. Don't count out the p/u though...

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Finally have it 99% buttoned up.

A couple changes include:

-Upper bag mount/bridge favors the 73-87 kit.

-Rear four-link bracket is a weld on piece. Sorry for all the guys hoping that this would be 100% bolt-on, as I had originally intended. In order to get the link bars as close to the chassis as possible (for larger tires) I found it necessary to remove the trailing arm perch fron the axle tube and weld the bracket in place. The bracket is a two piece design, one bracket welds to the axle tube, and the other bolts over it and incorporates the four-link mount, bag mount, and shock mount. I made it modular in order to have some flexibility for fine tuning it with rvarying ride heights and or shock combos.

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I don't have any trouble setting pinion angle myself but, Will there be some sort of locator once the old perches are removed or will this be a get out the measurin' stick and angle finder type of set-up?

just curious cause the magnet on my angle guage fell off and broke the guage so I'll get another if need.
Josh