Sorry it took an extra day to get these posted but something came up...
Anyway RPG heres some closer shots of the mountings I did with Bob Cowans ram assist "kit".
First is the main mount, located One inch exactly from the joint between the pumpkin and the axle.
Next is the other end, before welding it I first extended the ram fully and measured/marked the exact midpoint and then retracted it in to that mark. That became the "fix" length for determining the attachment point and then I welded it.
The last pic is of the whole thing which, by the way, is dead level with the tie rod just in front of it. Then I smoked it down with "German Torque", (you know..."Guten-Tite" haha.) so nothing would move around.
The midpoint turned out to be 4" so I would think full travel, lock to lock, would be 8".
I won't be able to test this for awhile, Bob is making a steering box, drilled/tapped for me as we speak.Hope this is worthwhile to anyone who is going to or has plans to do one of these.
Any ideas or coments before I start closing all this stuff in w/sheet metal?