Looks good especially that very tight 4 bends. difficult to do let alone duplicating it for the other side. Well done.   Yep those LH bits solve a lot of issues.

Thanks, I did get both sides bent up. It was time consuming but I got it.  Hoping to finish fitting all of it this weekend.  Have a couple other things I need to work on this weekend as well.

So I was inserting my interference  fit sleeve tubes into the lower cradle , with a 10 lb sledge  then the worst happened.... I missed and bent a bolt on the adaptor plate. Thank goodness for left hand drill bits and easy outs. Didn't try and bend the bolt back. I tried to un thread it but it snapped off flush the second I tried.  I know better then to make those tight fits but I got impatient.

Due to differences in case width i had to come up with a drop around the side cases. Not as tight as I would like to have achieved but as tight as my bender would do. 4 back to back bends and it works.

So my children were back over the long weekend as we had a funeral to attend. Didnt get much done on my rail even with good help. Got everything ground down and cleaned. Sleeves were beat in to the lower cradle. More then a tap fit  had to use a sledge hammer to tap them in. Slipped and folded a bolt in the adaptor plate , went to un thread it and it broke. So 10 steps back, hoping the left hand drill bit set will back it out..... hoping

Son in law and I got the eps installed and steerable in the red rail. It needs a controller and wired.

No room on the front end to permanently mount one. I agree,Synthetic rope is def the best way to go. 


Hung the trans last night to get an idea of which direction to go. Going to have to get creative bending the lower cradle tubes. The r&p section dips lower then the case. The case on the megasand was narrower even thought the drive flange width was wider then the hv24.  I was considering returning to a 6 link rear end as I can set those up quickly. That and I still have the forward steel rods and mounts. I have the old 6 link carriers still as well.

Well with the way the drive flanges are recessed into the side cover slightly.....well that makes an a arm rear simpler now.   That statement has everything to do with tab placement and shock will have to mounted to the wheel bearing carrier irregardless. Not enough room inside this frame for coil overs.   

So I had decided to leave the center motor ( bushing mounted at frame) and mount the trans in 2 spots. I would cut the upper rear motor mount and make that a bolt on in case I ever need to pull the trans out.   A section of the rear cradle needs to be removable as well for that same reason. Didnt with the megasand as I thought, I won't have to pull this more then once down the road. Well here we are for the 3rd time and swapping out to a better one.