Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Here is the link to the build. Look at post 317. His troubles began when he went to coilovers. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=368649

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

He used the stock stamped steel K-Member, this is why he had the flex.

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Thank You sirs, I read the thread and see that you are right ghettoluxury, it was due to using the stock K member.

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

I am glad you found the thread. Rich

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

thank you for pointing it out and giving me the heads up. lol, man i was worried for a lil bit there but its all good now.
I am going to head over to the shop and work on the frame a little bit more today. ( grind down the welds etc on the boxing plates)

I am also going to try to fix the pulling of the frame end.

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Here is a picture of the boxing plate I made for this. It is out of 3/16" plate that I had laying around. It is of the same plate I used for the front. Since the picture was taken I have welded it up and ground it down.

http://henderson6.com/truck/boxplate.jpg

http://henderson6.com/truck/boxplate2.jpg

I couldn't for the life of me try to figure out what would look best connecting the dog bone bracket to the frame so I had a W.W.B.D. moment and came up with this.
It is made out of 1/8" plate that I had left over from an order I just did this last week.

http://henderson6.com/truck/boxrod.jpg

I had bent it up in my metal Brake.

http://henderson6.com/truck/boxrod2.jpg

http://henderson6.com/truck/boxrod3.jpg


Then I decided to close it in. I am going to add some more gusset plate to it to sturdy it up. I might even do a few dimples in it to dress it up a bit. I might also cut an inch out of the right side plate (facing) and bend the top/bottom cover plate to give it a little dress up although am not too sure yet.

http://henderson6.com/truck/boxrod4.jpg


I think it looks a little goddy but am not sure yet.

http://henderson6.com/truck/boxrod5.jpg


It is a few inches away from the factory dog bone bracket as I am going to use 5/8" rod ends and some D.O.M. tubing for a custom 4 link setup, and so it is fully adjustable later.

http://henderson6.com/truck/boxrod6.jpg





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Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Looking good.
Kim

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

These may help provide some ideas!

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Thank you Kim,
Thank you ChuckDriver, and for the pic's. I like those ideas there.

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Well, its been a little while since I was able to get on the burban. Today I was able to get the front crossmember tack welded in and suspension mocked up on it. Yesterday I was able to weld in the boxing plates and almost all of the way ground down.
So, happy to back on it again.
woo hoo :D

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

heres a lil progress from the last couple days.
Also found out I will have 5-1/2" under the rockers, hope its not too low for the wife.

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Fab guy, looks great. The suburban should be fun to drive with that suspension.


Shannon

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Nice!! I bet that's gonna look good at that ride hight.

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Thank you very much xpickup and flames97.
I am hoping to set the body on for mock up soon although still need to work on the rear first.

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Real nice fab work.
Kim

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Looking good, I like it!

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Thank you very much Kim57 and Chuckdriver.

A little progress today on the rear as I started removing the leaf spring brackets so can start to weld in the 4 link brackets.

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

fabguy, Very cool suburban!!

Harvey
1957 Chevy Stepside
1958 GMC C4 build thread:http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=535686&page=4

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Thank you hp1957.
:)

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Well I managed to start attaching the rear 4 link brackets on. I also cut and tack welded the bracket that holds the front of the rear end or the pumpkin nose. I also had to re fabricate the wing mounts as the holes were slightly off by 3/32" total. I finally got those done and tack welded in also.
Today I am hoping to finish welding up the 4 link brackets as my heim joints should be here by this Friday. Pictures to follow, soon as I get the rear section welded up.

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

update,
I was able to cut and weld in the Front C-Notches today for the Rack & pinion.
Here are a few pictures of it:


http://henderson6.com/truck/cnotch.jpg


http://henderson6.com/truck/cnotch1.jpg

This is an inside view of what it looked like.^


http://henderson6.com/truck/cnotch3.jpg

http://henderson6.com/truck/cnotch2.jpg


for those interested, I used a 4" hole saw to make life easy.





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Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

You do some real good work fan guy can't wait to see the finish product

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

fabguy, looks great. When I did the one on the 51, I added tubing from the front of the crossmember and tied it into the bottom of the radiator support. That way it would triangulate the area and put some strength back in. I just did not like that the frame was notched out for the rack that much. I figured if you hit something with the bumper it would fold the front of the frame easily.


Shannon

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Absolutely awesome work you should consider building them full time!

Re: My Wife's 55.2 Carryall / Suburban build
 

Thank you, yeah me too ;)


I like that Idea, that is a GREAT thought too. I am going to look into doing just that now. That weak point from the front C notch bothered me also although didn't cross my mind about an accident.



Thank you, That would be great but, my shop is set up for doing general fabrication (when work comes in anyway).
As for the work on this frame, I don't think it's worthy of that yet. I am my own worst critic though.