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Going to cut my truck in half!
bear991:
Thanks Clark. I know what to do but not the best when it comes to articulating the process.
Bsrankin:
--- Quote from: bear991 on March 01, 2014, 09:10:38 AM ---
I don't have any pics but will find some if you want to help explain what I'm saying
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That was an excellent explanation, pics would be much appreciated if possible. I'm trying to hold off on this until the summer when I will have an entire week off work to do this, but I have a feeling that I might get a wild hair in my butt and start cutting it up on a long weekend. About how long does this normally take y'all? I do have access to a shop with a decent amount of fab equipment and a lift so I should have everything I need, the thing I'm most nervous about is getting it perfect when I weld it back up. My idea was to find a piece of straight wood or steel about the length of the straight part of the frame and line it up off of that. Is that about what y'all do in the shop or am I way off?
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Bsrankin:
Also what do you do as far as the driveshafts? One to the reasons I was originally wanting to go to 105" was to use a bronco driveshaft but I'm thinking now that I'll just cut my existing one to the proper length.
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Matt:
Pretty cheap to have one shortened at a driveline shop
bear991:
Bsrankin, Look at both your frame rails, Find a bolt,hole,notch something that is exactly the same on both frame rails and take all your measurements from the same point on both rails. Remember a 1/16th difference in measurement from side to side could and will become much larger at the end of the rail. I'm not sure I understand what your asking as far as the metal bar use.
I'll be glad to help anyway I can.
As far as time to do the job......that will depend on your skill level and the tools your using. DON"T GET IN A HURRY take your time. When doing this type fab work slow and steady is fast, hurried fast is a problem waiting to happen.
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