I put an ad on Kijiji looking for a 1973-76 spool mount K-member and ended up finding one about 1 1/2 hours away, so me and a buddy road tripped and picked it up. OMG, the welds from the factory looked like they were done by a toddler. Must’ve been a Friday afternoon or Monday morning job.
View attachment 1715524661View attachment 1715524662View attachment 1715524663So I boxed the steering mount, welded all the seams and crappy welds, reinforced the lower control arm mounts and made sure a large sway bar would clear in the area that it passes through on the spool mount Ks. I clamped the whole unit to a boring mill table with t-slots to ensure that all of the mounts were perfectly flat and that there was no warpage.
View attachment 1715524664 Now I can use the k member on the install of the new front frame rails and know that all is level and square.
