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CROSSMEMBER LOCATION & LEVELING

I had already removed the stock front suspension but I did not mark the centerline of the old front wheels on the frame prior to removing. One of the old leaf springs had an eye broken so I had zero confidence that the stock one was positioned correctly so I simply referred back to the OEM engineering drawing of the frame to mark the spindle CL using other frame features.

After leveling the frame and marking the wheel CL then I dry fit the crossmember into position. It was then that I realized that I had been shorted the spindles on the order. I needed them to final locate the crossmember (due to the caster angle). So after a phone call and more missed dates from Scott's I found out they were just Mustang II 2” drop spindles from Speedway Motors. So I called them and had a set in my hands in 2 days. (BTW, I'm still awaiting my refund or spindles from them — mid June '22).

This is a huge step so on something like this I like to measure 5 or 6 times and then walk away a bit before welding it in place....which is what I did after the dry fit.