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Old 10-14-2009, 12:07 AM   #359
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Re: 1970 VA Longbed Project

Worked on centering the rear. Got a center mark on the pumpkin, got the rear centered and then worked on the U-bolts. Found I could move them slightly in the trailing arm holes and got to where the bolts cleared the frame so that the rear would tuck up into the axle and hit the bumpstops


However, quickly realized afterwards that the rear is 1" longer on one side than the other so centering it means you'd have one wheel out 1" more than the other side :dumm:






So, after much raising and lowering, adjusting the end of the super trac bar, bolting and unbolting that...., playing with the trac bars and unbolting them and trying to see how to flip/move their mounts, I ended up centering the brakes the same distance from the outside of the frame.
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