Well I got my rebuilt shocks installed last night. It was chilly in the shop so I fired up the Kerosene torpedo. It was 30° beforehand. It brought it up to a balmy 40° in about 30 minutes. It's certainly undersized for a 40x60 uninsulated shop. Just 125000 BHU.
Next task was installing the stiffeners that I forgot to install in the first place in my haste to start bolting the frame back together. It was a little tricky since I had already installed my new leaf springs. It went smoothly though and I was finished in about 30 minutes with both sides.
Skip to this morning and I finished by cleaning up the bolt holes on the rear axle shock tabs that I fab'd last friday. Afterwards, I put two coats of primer, then two coats of paint. Should be fully cured in a day.
Next on my to do list is to cut out new front axle shock mount tabs that bolt to the straight axle. I am moving to 1/2" steel. Attached is my 2nd cardboard template that still doesn't have quite a deep enough throat. Ah well, even ole WD needed 40 tries. I'm working on a new template tonight in CAD that I will cut out in the morning.
I am currently waiting on the new u bolts that I ordered from general spring this weekend to arrive so that I can paint them. I already have new 4° caster shims.
