1994 S10 1Ton SAS

[Vbb199]

We don't have a Lazer or plasma at the shop, so I just mill these brackets into the tubing and leave a little .020-.03 web, and that'd easy enough to take a cutoff and just free them from the tubing.

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[bucket]

Maybe a dumb question, why not just mill them all the way though?

 

[Vbb199]

Maybe a dumb question, why not just mill them all the way though?

Sometimes with cold rolled steel, it likes to stress relieve when you mill it from its natural shape And it will have a tendency to "jump" out, I've done it a few times before, like with the k5 sway bar arms, I took 4 plates, welded them together, drilling the holes I needed in them, and then bolted them directly to the table.... I didn't mind doing it that way because there was no way they could stress relief

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[Vbb199]

You can see it here @bucket
Look at the warping!!!

They didn't warp the other way however, it's general a linear warping, not so much the other way.

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[Vbb199]

Shackle hangers are made.

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[Vbb199]

I have the shackle hangers tacked to the 3x3 square tube.
I have to go and saw off a little excess, but I think the general idea is given here. They're setup 36.5" on center for a Ford 1 ton front.

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[Vbb199]

Now it's time to finalize the welding.

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[Vbb199]

Arc Weld quality: sub standard [emoji23]

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[shiftpro]

Arc Weld quality: sub standard [emoji23]

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We'll let you by on this one...
I would peen it with air and then do a cover pass low hyd..
Or just clean it up better and get on with life.

 

[Vbb199]

Bleh, I'm not too too concerned with the way it looks, I did 2 passes

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[Vbb199]

There's that abomination

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[bucket]

Bleh, I'm not too too concerned with the way it looks, I did 2 passes

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Looks really only matter if it falls off, lol. That ain't going anywhere.

 

[Vbb199]

Looks really only matter if it falls off, lol. That ain't going anywhere.

First pass I filled up the gap nice and slow, beat all the slag off and cleaned it up, second pass was a little higher amps, nice slow fat welds with 7018

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[Vbb199]

One more shot, that at least concludes all of the hardware needed to bolt the front axle up.

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[Vbb199]

So, 1 tons made it in last Friday, two dana 60s, a 87-91.5 kingpin 60 and a 95-97 balljoint 60, that I have just for spare parts.
99-06 14 bolt ff rear, disc brakes with E brakes.

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