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1st and 2nd pics. All welded up. Welds dressed down. Hole redrilled to new location. 3rd pic. Brace installed. holes align up. You can see the gap. 4th pic. Here's

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1st and 2nd pics. All welded up. Welds dressed down. Hole redrilled to new location.

3rd pic. Brace installed. holes align up. You can see the gap.

4th pic. Here's the bend that has to be straighten out some.

5th pic. All straighten out.

6th pic. Installed, no gap between the brace and the frame.
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1st and 2nd pics. All painted up and ready for install tomorrow.
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Looks good. With as much as you had to cut away is it structurally going to be strong enough to make a difference?
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Looks good. With as much as you had to cut away is it structurally going to be strong enough to make a difference?


Should be. The load is along the support and there looks to be an inch or so material there now that he’s welded the B up.
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Looks good. With as much as you had to cut away is it structurally going to be strong enough to make a difference?
The way it's designed. It's to keep the diff from pivoting around on the diff cover stud. It's controlling the up and down movement.
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The way it's designed. It's to keep the diff from pivoting around on the diff cover stud. It's controlling the up and down movement.

Exactly! Axial load in the brace.
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