SIXFOOTER
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Got busy this weekend. Got the crack in the RR qtr patched, fixed the ground planr for the antenna and mounted the mufflers permanantly/
All that got me to the point of making the Spreader Bar. I think I have looked at every single version there is out there and took ideas from all of them. The big problem as I saw it with them is the ability to adjust the castor and camber with the thing mounted. All the designs required removing the mount brackets in order to get to the shims OR made it very hard to get to the nuts for the control arm shaft.
So, here is what I did:
Here is the complete assembly
1" DOM Tubing 18" long with 5/8" inserts and ends.
Brackets are 2"x1/4" angle iron 8" long
![DSC01156.jpg DSC01156.jpg](https://data.vettemod.com/attachments/14/14828-4a8927987ad60bf5be36ea50927d715a.jpg?hash=SoknmHrWC_)
Nut welded to the bottom
![DSC01159.jpg DSC01159.jpg](https://data.vettemod.com/attachments/14/14829-54acd487a6009b3e04f23e8e8123e313.jpg?hash=VKzUh6YAmz)
Nothing magic there
Here is my contribution
![DSC01157.jpg DSC01157.jpg](https://data.vettemod.com/attachments/51/51570-d7c91981b913942e2422ea6b2a270b12.jpg?hash=18kZgbkTlC)
I Slotted the holes for the shaft mount
and mounted it between the shims and the shaft
![DSC01161.jpg DSC01161.jpg](https://data.vettemod.com/attachments/14/14830-02a7dc847bb81104dc465a64fd351cc1.jpg?hash=AqfchHu4EQ)
Ignore my cheesy ass home depot bolt, I'll find a pretty one later.
![DSC01165.jpg DSC01165.jpg](https://data.vettemod.com/attachments/14/14831-f8ad4bc263bfbe53d9c2be39e63a87c9.jpg?hash=-K1LwmO_vl)
![DSC01163.jpg DSC01163.jpg](https://data.vettemod.com/attachments/14/14832-3a29acac6999eb11203f861ff14ee833.jpg?hash=OimsrGmZ6x)
Thoughts?
All that got me to the point of making the Spreader Bar. I think I have looked at every single version there is out there and took ideas from all of them. The big problem as I saw it with them is the ability to adjust the castor and camber with the thing mounted. All the designs required removing the mount brackets in order to get to the shims OR made it very hard to get to the nuts for the control arm shaft.
So, here is what I did:
Here is the complete assembly
1" DOM Tubing 18" long with 5/8" inserts and ends.
Brackets are 2"x1/4" angle iron 8" long
![DSC01156.jpg DSC01156.jpg](https://data.vettemod.com/attachments/14/14828-4a8927987ad60bf5be36ea50927d715a.jpg?hash=SoknmHrWC_)
Nut welded to the bottom
![DSC01159.jpg DSC01159.jpg](https://data.vettemod.com/attachments/14/14829-54acd487a6009b3e04f23e8e8123e313.jpg?hash=VKzUh6YAmz)
Nothing magic there
Here is my contribution
![DSC01157.jpg DSC01157.jpg](https://data.vettemod.com/attachments/51/51570-d7c91981b913942e2422ea6b2a270b12.jpg?hash=18kZgbkTlC)
I Slotted the holes for the shaft mount
and mounted it between the shims and the shaft
![DSC01161.jpg DSC01161.jpg](https://data.vettemod.com/attachments/14/14830-02a7dc847bb81104dc465a64fd351cc1.jpg?hash=AqfchHu4EQ)
Ignore my cheesy ass home depot bolt, I'll find a pretty one later.
![DSC01165.jpg DSC01165.jpg](https://data.vettemod.com/attachments/14/14831-f8ad4bc263bfbe53d9c2be39e63a87c9.jpg?hash=-K1LwmO_vl)
![DSC01163.jpg DSC01163.jpg](https://data.vettemod.com/attachments/14/14832-3a29acac6999eb11203f861ff14ee833.jpg?hash=OimsrGmZ6x)
Thoughts?