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Old 02-14-2013, 01:00 AM   #62
UncleMatt
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Lancaster, PA
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Re: 71 C30 dually restoration

I wanted super heavy duty 4 link bars so I chose these parts for my rod ends. It took a bit of trial and error to find what I wanted but it was worth it.
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Ready to weld. The poly bushings I got from Barnes4wd. You can't see in the pic but the centers were thick enough for me to drill them out to 5/8' and still have plenty of metal there. So I can run 5/8" bolts for my bars instead of 1/2". The bungs are made to fit 2inch 1/4" wall square tubing. Supplied by RuffStuff Specialties. The threads are a whopping 1 1/4inch thick. It took me forever to find a supplier for the threaded rod to make them work. Finally I got hooked up with Poly Performance and they shipped them to me super fast. Unfortunately they didn't come with jam nuts so I ended up getting some from my local farm store. They were a salty $13 a piece. I think I'm gonna need a few truck loads of cash before this things gets finished!
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Bushings welded to the rod and ready to wend in the bungs to the tubing.
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Welded up and ready
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I'm pretty happy with my welding lately. I've only been doing it for about 3 months now.
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