B2200 Rebuilt top to bottom and going low!

Todays progress: not much...lol...naw I got one side cut and ground out... rain came in stopped me from finishing...supposed to rain all day tomorrow so ill be doing the other side Tues.

Do I need to cut the lower side in more or is flush with the frame like it have it OK???

mine is pretty flush if i remember correctly. honestly you wont really see until you get the lower arm on there and see how far it needs to come up and how much you are taking out of the arm. i would leave it flush though. what ever you take out of the lower try to brace back in so it stays strong.





-justin

yeah I plan on fitting a piece of metal to fit the hole caused by the cutting I just did and weld it in to secure that back up, and then when I cut the LCA I was going to secure that up too... not sure how yet, but I'm sure I'll figure out a clean looking way to do it.

just a quick update...got motivated... decided to start cleaning up one of the LCA's here it is...

got the other side cut out today... waiting on my bridge kit from Illusive fabrications hoping its here this week
Also ordered the UCA shaft and bushing kit from Autozone today should be here tues.... once the front is "ready" I'll order my front bag brackets and get the front tacked up.

Man i hope so too this is a pretty cool truck

OK so here is what I've come up with... I believe this to be correct but if it isn't feel free to let me know...

i dont think two inch notch will do it bro.

I did mess up one of my measurements, on the picture but had calculated it correctly....

This is what I used to get my notch size:

R axle + R tire + .50" = Required axle clearance.
Frame over axle - Frame under cab = Height of rear frame above axle L/O
Required axle clearance - Height of frame above axle L/O = Notch size

So mine was...

1.5 + 12 + 2(buffer) = 15.5 (Required axle clearance)
9.5 - 0 (see picture... the 8.5 should have been 9.5) = 9.5 (height of rear frame above axle L/O)
15.5 - 9.5 = 6 (notch size)

and seance the frame above the axle is 4 inches thick, if I put the bottom of the notch 2 inches above the top of the frame, wouldn't that be a 6 inch notch?

maybe I'm looking at it wrong...let me know thanks

YES your right but most think of the notch from under the frame up and when you say 2 inches they think 2 not 2+the frame. Were on the same page now just different way of thinkgin about it.