| What you have all been waiting for... the DIY Ford 9" torque arm bracket. |
| First I'll start out with the mounts on the housing that the bracket bolts to. I used some 1" x .25" x 12" steel pipe (very pricy stuff, about $15 a foot. Actually I don't remember but it was a lot.) What do you expect to have 1/4" thick pipe? I then tapped it out for 3/4" bolts, of which I used grade 8. At first I was going to keep the pipe unthreaded and just run long bolts through and nut them on the end, but I figured this would keep it cleaner. There is nothing harder than trying to tap the whole length of a tap inside of a pipe. I must have spent at least an hour on each one tapping by hand. |
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| There she is boys and girls.. the pics you have been waiting for. I'll give you a breif rundown of the process. *Transfer over your control arm and spring brackets. Don't forget the one for the brake hose. *Fabricate Torque arm mount. Notice mine was a bit long? I made it extra long so I knew I would have enough so I could put the mount anywhere I wanted on the housing. *You can then figure the placement of the mounts for the torque arm. *Weld everything up and bolt it all in. Good luck. If you need more explanation than that, I can't help you. I don't think I could explain it even if I wanted to. This is mostly just for design ideas. Sorry. |