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73 K20....crossmember time

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So the nut attaches to the plate? I'm having a hard time visualizing this.

And I've actually removed my hydroboost unit before (but only by removing the plate from the truck, nothing beyond that).
 
campfire said:
So the nut attaches to the plate? I'm having a hard time visualizing this.

And I've actually removed my hydroboost unit before (but only by removing the plate from the truck, nothing beyond that).
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Yeah so once the nut comes off its really just a threaded shaft, the sheetmetal piece im making will get sandwhiched between that nut and the hydro unit. Ill need to mill the right size hole of course. Ill post oics when I get it off. Im busting hump to try to get it mounted this weekend as I aimed for that last weekend and failed miserably haha!
 
wetoolowdingbangow said:
Yeah so once the nut comes off its really just a threaded shaft, the sheetmetal piece im making will get sandwhiched between that nut and the hydro unit. Ill need to mill the right size hole of course. Ill post oics when I get it off. Im busting hump to try to get it mounted this weekend as I aimed for that last weekend and failed miserably haha!
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Well, don't bust your hump too badly. That sounds painful.
 
campfire said:
Well, don't bust your hump too badly. That sounds painful.
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Thats how the hump got there in the first place lol. Im hurting after tonight but it was a big accomplishment for me.

Getting the tcase in there enables me to measure for the driveshaft, make some sort of skid plate, plan out the exhaust and so on.

If I made efforts like I did tonight id be done in a month but its the little nut and bolt stuff that stops you dead in your tracks.
 
Tweekls1 said:
What clocking ring did you go with and how far does it hang below the frame? Hard to tell in the pics.
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I got mine from cutthroat offroad...diy and ord sell them as well but they were a lottle more expensive.

Maybe 1.5 inches at the most. The crossmember hangs down about double of that.
 
wetoolowdingbangow said:
I got mine from cutthroat offroad...diy and ord sell them as well but they were a lottle more expensive.

Maybe 1.5 inches at the most. The crossmember hangs down about double of that.
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Thanks, that's what I was hoping for. I picked up one from ORD already, was hoping to build a crossmember out of 2x2 and be able to skid plate the whole thing.
 
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Tweekls1 said:
Thanks, that's what I was hoping for. I picked up one from ORD already, was hoping to build a crossmember out of 2x2 and be able to skid plate the hole thing.
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Yeah thats the way to do it. I ended up with an extra stock crossmember for the trans so I may re purpose that for a while and make a skidplate between the two x members.
 
I didn't realize that you had the older tall adapter. I wonder if you shouldn't drop your transfer case another time, and swap to the short adapter?

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Martin
 
82355 said:
Here you can kind of see what happened to my low hanging crossmember on the rocks at Tuttle Creek. I want to clock it up, so I can build a much flatter crossmember.



Martin
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ouch. Im always amazed at how low those crossmembers sit. I reused the k5s crossmember on this truck but i also have the 73's crossmember which appear to be nearly the same except for that odd side that travels up the side of the frame. Im thinking ill hack that off and bolt it just behind the 208 if i can to bridge a skid plate.

82355 said:
I didn't realize that you had the older tall adapter. I wonder if you shouldn't drop your transfer case another time, and swap to the short adapter?

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Yeah you know ive never seen the short adapter but then again almost everything ive seen here is 10 spline. The current setup seems really tall but level. Would the short adapter gain me much?

78SWB said:
Edit: I see it now.

Looks good BTW @wetoolowdingbangow
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Thanks! It was well worth it. Ive always been super nervous about it hanging so low. The first time i went on the rubicon i did a pirouette on it with the k5 lol. I figured that was the end of my luck doing that.

GWeakland620 said:
Thanks for the info. That's the flat I was going to go for.
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No problem! It seems real solid. I still have to make a shifter adapter and ideally the "support rods" of some sort. Ill inlcude some pics and measurements for that stuff.

sreidmx said:
I Like that it's perfect imho.. Especially if your not wanting to cut the floor.
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Yeah definitely. I think its a good compromise for me. With a decent little skid plate and a driveshaft that will be well within the operating range I should be rockin.
 
I have seen the goofy "w" shaped crossmembers before but every truck I've owed has had the flat style crossmember. I didn't know they were due to different height adapters. I guess I've always just lucked out with the ones I ended up with. Is there a reason behind the two different height adapters?
 
Probably been asked and answered, but rotating the transfer case doesn't do anything to the way it internally lubricates, does it?
 
Truckman4life said:
I have seen the goofy "w" shaped crossmembers before but every truck I've owed has had the flat style crossmember. I didn't know they were due to different height adapters. I guess I've always just lucked out with the ones I ended up with. Is there a reason behind the two different height adapters?
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I believe it's just a year-dependent change.
 
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