This is a view from the back of the cross piece after it was welded in to the K member. The three center holes have alloy lock nuts welded on. With this done I tacked, then welded the outside flanges to the original cross member stubs & to the cross piece.
Re: Dropout Crossmember For My Tremec 5 Speed Part 3
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John Eplen
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Re: Dropout Crossmember For My Tremec 5 Speed Part 3
These pics are about two weeks or so late since I've been trying to get the Tremec 5 speed up in the frame rails which turned out to be very difficult. I wish I'd taken the body off before I put the T on my lift. I'm running out of time w/our NTBA Nats coming closer. The cross member is in now so here are the pics as I attached it to the frame.
This is a view from the back of the cross piece after it was welded in to the K member. The three center holes have alloy lock nuts welded on. With this done I tacked, then welded the outside flanges to the original cross member stubs & to the cross piece. Then I bolted the inside flanges (dropout part) to the outside welded in flanges. I welded the inside corners & finished them down for clearance w/the center piece when I welded it in later. I have the cross piece welded in at this point & had to tack weld an alloy lock nut to the inside face near the back on each side when I discovered that there is not enough room to install a bolt from the inside. No matter how much I try to think ahead, I always seem to screw up in some manner or another! I have 2 more pics which will be posted on another entry following this post.
This is a view from the back of the cross piece after it was welded in to the K member. The three center holes have alloy lock nuts welded on. With this done I tacked, then welded the outside flanges to the original cross member stubs & to the cross piece. Then I bolted the inside flanges (dropout part) to the outside welded in flanges. I welded the inside corners & finished them down for clearance w/the center piece when I welded it in later. I have the cross piece welded in at this point & had to tack weld an alloy lock nut to the inside face near the back on each side when I discovered that there is not enough room to install a bolt from the inside. No matter how much I try to think ahead, I always seem to screw up in some manner or another! I have 2 more pics which will be posted on another entry following this post.
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John Eplen
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