BruiserOutdoors
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- Aug 22, 2013
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well I haven't made much progress. I loosened up all the motor mounts and ratchet strapped the t-case to where I thought it needed to sit, tightened everything up, then loosened the ratchet strap to see if everything would stay put. It didn't.
So my next move is to try stock motor mounts (currently using WH Extreme Motor Mounts) and see if it still "wants" to sit crooked.
A good friend/life long mechanic told me that I am overthinking it. He said to leave it crooked (as this is normal for the vintage of vehicle) and build the crossmember accordingly (put the cross bar perpendicular to the frame rails). He thought it might strain u-joints but not the solid mass parts (transmission/t-case).
So my next move is to try stock motor mounts (currently using WH Extreme Motor Mounts) and see if it still "wants" to sit crooked.
A good friend/life long mechanic told me that I am overthinking it. He said to leave it crooked (as this is normal for the vintage of vehicle) and build the crossmember accordingly (put the cross bar perpendicular to the frame rails). He thought it might strain u-joints but not the solid mass parts (transmission/t-case).