Senor Drapal, thanks for the link to your place. Exactly what I was looking for. I think it would be perfect to use this 57 axle as I can move in the spring pad to the 53 location gaining a little over 2 1/2 inches of usable stretch area. With the added 3/4 inch longer the axle is on each side already that gives me a hair over 3 1/4 inches more axle to stretch which gives me much more meat in the bend area. A little more work with having to machine off part of the existing pad and weld on a new section, but well worth it I think. I'm sure you've already done or thought of this, any negatives I'm not thinking of here?
Hans

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