n8in8or
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Right on. The more I thought about it, if the hot side of the turbo setup got that close to the rails in that location, I’m probably doing it wrong.
Nah, the kind you put in your kids' second story bedroom so they can escape out the window when there's a fire would work better!A chain ladder stowed under the end of the seat would work good too. I think.![]()
Thank you for the feedback. The axle will be straddling that joint, though I don't have the exact location of the hangers yet. I did the angle in that direction because at the leading edge of the bottom of that extension is where the original frame rail kicks up (you can just barely see it in that picture if you look closely), and the height of the rail at that kick up was a perfect slip-fit for the inside dimensions of the 3x8x1/4, so I was taking advantage of that feature, but still trying to add as much weld seam length as possible, so that's why I went in that direction. Thinking back to my Statics class......are you thinking that if the axle was completely behind that splice that it would be better for the load to be largely compressing the weld seam rather than having it in tension?The fact that you angle cut the splice is wise. For what it's worth, due to the axle location (assuming it's behind your splice, if doing this again, I would have the angle this direction, though (indicated with red).
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The plug welds top and bottom flanges are far more critical than those on the web.
Nice work. Do you have a shop you work with on the material or did you form those with your own brake press?