Pretty much spent the weekend working on the stude. Got most of the frontend done, but still have a few things left to complete it: tie rod, drag-link, steering box, brake calipers and shock mounts. Ran into a few little issues, but nothing big. Lots of measuring and re-measuring an checking things twice, three times, four times, etc. Gonna have to tweek a few things also. Steering arms are going to have to be bent to work. I also might C-notch the front, since I chose to mount the axle on top of the springs. Also put that posi rear under it, fit real well, so I'll be good there.
Here's my take on the MAS axle kit, since it seems to be a hot topic on a lot of boards. I thought that the axle looked to be very quality. Very heavy duty and I'm not sure how people think they are going to bend them, unless they are slamming down hard after a wheel stand or hitting every 1ft deep pot hole on the road. The only other reason I could come up with is if they are mounting the spings too far inboard and creating a greater moment of force....leverage isn't always good. I like the spring mounting brackets better than the speedway kit. These are actually rear brackets, not just a rear tab. I also like the spings, they don't have as much arch as the speedway kit. Overall it looks like a real nice product. However I have three gripes. 1. The king ping holes were way to small for the chevy king pins. I think they may have been ok for ford pins, but I had to do a lot of honing to get the chevy ones to fit. 2. They told me that the spindle nuts, spindle washers, and cotter pins were included with the spindles, they weren't. I wasn't real surprised (see issue number ). 3. They use speedway parts for their brake conversion kits and Mr. Roadster for their spindle kits. That's why I wasn't real suprised about the nuts. My take on it all if you are looking for bang for the buck..... order the brake conversion kit from speedway, it's slightly cheaper. Order the axle and spindle kit from MAS, both are cheaper through them. Make sure you order spindle nuts and washers, if you forget, no big deal, roll down to your auto parts store and ask for a GM spindle nut kit. They run about $2.99.
so here's the pics:
Off with the front:
darn, Reinforcing around steering box/idler arm area of frame
Cut 4" farther back and no more reinforcing
Looking for 1939-1940 Commander coupe running boards.
Here's my take on the MAS axle kit, since it seems to be a hot topic on a lot of boards. I thought that the axle looked to be very quality. Very heavy duty and I'm not sure how people think they are going to bend them, unless they are slamming down hard after a wheel stand or hitting every 1ft deep pot hole on the road. The only other reason I could come up with is if they are mounting the spings too far inboard and creating a greater moment of force....leverage isn't always good. I like the spring mounting brackets better than the speedway kit. These are actually rear brackets, not just a rear tab. I also like the spings, they don't have as much arch as the speedway kit. Overall it looks like a real nice product. However I have three gripes. 1. The king ping holes were way to small for the chevy king pins. I think they may have been ok for ford pins, but I had to do a lot of honing to get the chevy ones to fit. 2. They told me that the spindle nuts, spindle washers, and cotter pins were included with the spindles, they weren't. I wasn't real surprised (see issue number ). 3. They use speedway parts for their brake conversion kits and Mr. Roadster for their spindle kits. That's why I wasn't real suprised about the nuts. My take on it all if you are looking for bang for the buck..... order the brake conversion kit from speedway, it's slightly cheaper. Order the axle and spindle kit from MAS, both are cheaper through them. Make sure you order spindle nuts and washers, if you forget, no big deal, roll down to your auto parts store and ask for a GM spindle nut kit. They run about $2.99.
so here's the pics:
Off with the front:
darn, Reinforcing around steering box/idler arm area of frame
Cut 4" farther back and no more reinforcing
Looking for 1939-1940 Commander coupe running boards.
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