85Yota. . .I thinking of going with the '79-85 bolt on spindles and make my own uprights. . .
. . .if I were to do this what would you suggest (or what did you use) for making the snout clevis that the spindle bolts onto??? I would like to make the uprights so that I have double shear tie rod mounts, a 1" UCA vertical uniball mount, and a 1.5" horizontal uniball mount (double shear). . .what I'm most worried about is the strenght of the bolt-on spindle backing and the LCA clevis mount. . .I've looked at some and they are 3/4" thick plate (of course they are 1-pc. billet also, but I won't be able to do that) and that is a little thick for what my welder is capable of (3/8" max. for single pass) I could weld 3/4" plate if I bevel the plate and do a multi-pass weld (something I am not at all uncomfortable doing. . .I've been doing multi-pass welds with GMAW-dual shield flux core and SMAW 7018 and I have had my welds put through destructive testing. . .full penetration and fusion. . .no problems that could be picked at with root and face U-bends anyway) but trying to weld the clevis mounts onto the snout looks like it would be pretty tight and with chunks of metal that small I would have to be really patient (and make sure that I had everything clamped extremely well) and allow plenty of cooling time between passes and between welding each piec onto the snout. . .
. . .this would be the first time I would have done this type of fabrication before. . .I have built a full tube chassis, A-arms, trailing arms, and IRS driveshafts previously but nothing with this much riding on it (literally). . .I'm a little nervous about and just want to make sure that I know what I'm doing before I start. . .
Thanks for the help!!!
