My suspension has finally arrived... well everything but the shocks. We had everything suspension wise as far as we could go without the components so we called speedway motors and told them to ship what they had. Got home from work and had seven boxes waiting. It was like Christmas all over. So what I have accomplished since the last blog, I boxed in the frame, and notched it for the cross-member to slid into place. I tacked it and the spring hats to the frame. That was when we had to wait.
When the components arrived we drilled out the cross-member to fit the larger lower control arm bolts. We actually ended up cutting the tacks and removing it from the frame to use a drill press to drill the holes. With the cross-member rejoined with the frame we positioned the lower control arm, the upper control arm, and the spindle. We checked the camber and removed the control arms for welding. It is not yet welded in but should be one of the nights this week.
I'm very excited with how everything is coming together. These are the two inch drop spindles, and as we have read in reviews of the mustang II suspension, apparently even without the dropped spindles it gives the truck an "in the weeds" look. I'm curious to see how low she sits. As you can see the spindle, which would be the center of the wheel, is next to the frame rail. The stock ride put the center of the wheel below the rail. Or the other way I think about it, with the frame on the jack stands it sits lower than it did on the wheels. It will be interesting to see how low she goes.
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