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Which crossmember do you speak of? I've only ever worked on trucks with the 46k lb Airliner suspension. IIRC none of the suspension parts were attached to a crossmember. The torque arms were positioned laterally from diff housing to frame rail.

 

Got my trailer all hooked up and ready to roll in the A.M. Shop called me this afternoon and said my new rails and inserts are done. Get them home tomorrow afternoon and then set up a day with the welder to come and piece it all together.

 

I see what you mean about the crossmembers.

I've got enough crossmember parts kicking around plus the welder has a guy who kind of works for him here and there who is set up to weld aluminum. I'm sure between the 3 of us we can come up with something that looks good and works well.

 

One step closer.

 

I'm ahead of schedule so far. Kind of nice having a month off lol.

 

Did some more cab gutting today. Not much left in there anymore. Can't believe how simple it was to pull the heater core. Even if the truck was together it's probably only a 30 minute job.

 

Would ya look at that! All shortened up.