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« on: January 03, 2014, 01:58:58 PM »
I was reading to the regulations and could not find anything on attaching my front axle. my kit has a 2 1/2" saddle which is to be welded to the front bars. I found some stuff on the web from the hamb and it looks like it makes sense.
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At the point where the end of the frame rails meet the top centerline of the front axle it should be 2.25-2.5" wide so that you have material encompassing 180* of the axle half tube mount and heat the ends and tap them down (taper) to finish welding. If you try and fit the tubes smaller (1.75")your fit will be very long and require a whole bunch of welding whereas with going wider you may only have 10-11 inches instead of 20-22 inches. Lots of tacks and start in the back where the rails first meet and weld towards the front.
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my front bars are 1.50" and it will be around 8" of the two bisecting, is this strong enough?
Also I was wondering and discussing with my buddy who is also building a fed, is a 200" inch fed much more stable than a 180" fed. does 20" really make that much of a difference.