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Old 01-17-2021, 02:01 AM   #11
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Re: 'Spot'

I studied the position & shape of the bracket & decided to modify it vs. building something from scratch. There was hardware/holes conveniently there to push that decision.

I knocked the rivets out to allow moving the original bracket back the 4" needed to yield the same shock angle/travel. The lower rail c-notch bolt was already there so I was able to drill the hole in the bracket slightly oversize & utilized the c-notch hardware for that position. For the 'front' lower bracket hole I just drilled a new hole.

None of the holes on the top rail aligned & since shifting the bracket rearward required reducing the bracket height (frame rail height shrinks in this area), I sectioned the top off the bracket & welded in a new piece @ the new slightly lower height. Then, I just drilled a new upper mount hole near the C/L of the shock mounting. It has 2-lower & 1-upper fastener just like it's original position...
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