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Originally Posted by Garagely5150
I tried to match the pinion angles. I was told 3* is optimal. But all I could get out of my tranz is 8* if I jacked up the tranz any more it was putting a lot of stress on my motor mounts. So I made my axle 8* as well but I just articulated my axle up about 10 inches and put it back down and it seems to be ok but after I checked my axle pinion angle again it's more like 7* and when I cycled it up the pinion angle dropped to 0 at 10 inches high
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I would rework your motor mounts to correct that angle a bit. You could pie cut the front of your mounts and raise the trans then weld them back together. Check your clearance between your oil pan and rack and pinion.
How do you plan to get 10 inches of travel up? Bag on bar? That is a lot of travel and could result in a harsh ride with the needed pressure to get there.
I would install my notches now to see the actual angles of everything as you are kinda working opposite. I would also shorten the lower bars in order to minimize the change in pinion angle.
Lastly, from a visually pleasing perspective I would rework the upper front link tabs to make them "flow" better.
Hope this helps.