8 3/4 to Dana 60
I'm glad I didn't weld the tubes on this rear, if I had there would likely have been far more damage to the car itself. This was the result of a near head-on collision with a Tundra...
This was the typical 3" tube that was pressed in with 4 plug welds. These cars are 4 link from the factory, but I had removed the upper links and installed a torque arm to control housing rotation. If the tube had not spun in the housing, the brackets would have likely been ripped off the chassis...
Here you can see the bent tube as well as how far it spun...
Downside was that when the tube spun, it also ripped the brake line off.
With ladder bars, traction bars, or a 4 link controlling housing rotation from the tubes, I weld the tubes. But with a torque arm or active pinion snubber controlling rotation on the housing itself, I usually don't bother.
I don't have a pic of my rear alignment jig in a rear, but I do have a pic of it being used to align an engine block with a transmission case while I was fabbing up a bellhousing...
It's basically a long solid steel 1-1/2" dia shaft, with machined steel pucks that fit in the bearing bores.
Grant
I'm glad I didn't weld the tubes on this rear, if I had there would likely have been far more damage to the car itself. This was the result of a near head-on collision with a Tundra...
This was the typical 3" tube that was pressed in with 4 plug welds. These cars are 4 link from the factory, but I had removed the upper links and installed a torque arm to control housing rotation. If the tube had not spun in the housing, the brackets would have likely been ripped off the chassis...
Here you can see the bent tube as well as how far it spun...
Downside was that when the tube spun, it also ripped the brake line off.
With ladder bars, traction bars, or a 4 link controlling housing rotation from the tubes, I weld the tubes. But with a torque arm or active pinion snubber controlling rotation on the housing itself, I usually don't bother.
I don't have a pic of my rear alignment jig in a rear, but I do have a pic of it being used to align an engine block with a transmission case while I was fabbing up a bellhousing...
It's basically a long solid steel 1-1/2" dia shaft, with machined steel pucks that fit in the bearing bores.
Grant