Parts question

[groovy75]

Uh,doing a 203 to 205 swap ,have both crossmemers off, 205 has been in,I was cleaning the crossmembers up,tranny mounts, getting everything ready to put back in, and I cannot remember for the life of me,where these go, there are 8 of them. I took them apart, and forgot! Ive been firgitfull lately Suggestions? http://coloradok5.com/photos/showgallery.php/cat/all/si/IMG_20120331_171611-1

 

[NorCal_Chris]

Iirc those go between the crossmembers and little skid on the 203. Least I think so. Maybe

 

[groovy75]

Thats what im thinkin ! There arent any of these between the crossmembers and the frame are there? If there isnt, it would just leave the skid.

 

[nvrenuf]

There's nothing between the frame and crossmember. There are spacers that go on the top side of the frame rail for the crossmember hardware but they are bigger (about 1" long).

 

[groovy75]

Thanks.Oh, dont ever remember any spacers being up there,it just had regular bolts thru the bottom of the frame rail,connecting the crossmember ,,,,do you have a pic of said >hardware<? Should it b ok just to bolt those crosmembers up to the frame with the same regular old bolts I took off?

 

[CGT80]

My K5 is an 88 with a 700r4 and 208. The 1" spacers were on the bottom of the cross member. Cross member was touching the bottom of the truck frame. I don't know why they didn't just use shorter bolts. My uncle (trans shop owner/mechanic) and I moved the cross member down and put the spacers in between the frame and cross member to drop the back of the transfer case, to help drive shaft angle. I don't see why you couldn't use standard bolts in your situation. My uncle also didn't know why the 1" spacers were used in place of a washer on the longer bolt.

 

[imiceman44]

My K5 is an 88 with a 700r4 and 208. The 1" spacers were on the bottom of the cross member. Cross member was touching the bottom of the truck frame. I don't know why they didn't just use shorter bolts. My uncle (trans shop owner/mechanic) and I moved the cross member down and put the spacers in between the frame and cross member to drop the back of the transfer case, to help drive shaft angle. I don't see why you couldn't use standard bolts in your situation. My uncle also didn't know why the 1" spacers were used in place of a washer on the longer bolt.

The reason they use these spacers is to get a longer bolt which gives you more clamping power, a short bolt would loosen up fast, ask me how I know.