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Moving along at a snail's pace on my conversion, but I did achieve a milestone this evening.
It turned out to be only slightly less svelte than your local Interstate highway bridge girder, but what I believe to be the final edition of my crossmember from Protofab was delivered tonight.
Very, very, very beefy. Welds are a little lumpier than I had hoped, but they aren't going to fail. Nice brackets that fit in the stock holes on the frame rails. Nice recessed caps on each end of the crossmember to keep any crap out. Crossmember goes OVER the front driveshaft. Recessed pocket mount to drill holes in for tranny mount. Mounting holes on crossmember wings have sleeves in them. Mimics stock-style crossmember mounting. Stout enough that I can tap/drill fine thread holes in the crossmember for future skidplate mounting if so desired.
Requires 2" body lift minimum for clearance. Hope to install this weekend.
Todd Z.
It turned out to be only slightly less svelte than your local Interstate highway bridge girder, but what I believe to be the final edition of my crossmember from Protofab was delivered tonight.
Very, very, very beefy. Welds are a little lumpier than I had hoped, but they aren't going to fail. Nice brackets that fit in the stock holes on the frame rails. Nice recessed caps on each end of the crossmember to keep any crap out. Crossmember goes OVER the front driveshaft. Recessed pocket mount to drill holes in for tranny mount. Mounting holes on crossmember wings have sleeves in them. Mimics stock-style crossmember mounting. Stout enough that I can tap/drill fine thread holes in the crossmember for future skidplate mounting if so desired.
Requires 2" body lift minimum for clearance. Hope to install this weekend.
Todd Z.