The front axle is hanging but not bolted in. I don't have any ubolts to hold it in place yet. I went out this morning to buy some but the supplier I expected to have them was closed today. I tried a couple parts stores but no one local seems to have what I need.

The ubolts I need/want are possibly not standard sizes. I believe the supplier I went to can actually make them If they don't have them in stock. I'll try again on Thursday.

Anyway, I'm not really loving the perches but I didn't have any better ideas to get springs on this axle.

I ended up using a slightly narrow perch and welded a plate to it the same width as the spring. I did this because to get the spring close to where it needs to be on this axle it ends up slightly over the differential section on the left and slightly over the CAD (center axle disconnect) sleeve on the right. As it is, I couldn't get it perfectly centered under the frame. The location of the spring on the differential section would not allow it. The axle is offset about a half inch to the right side of the frame. I don't think it will be noticeable.

I didn't get any pictures of how tight the differential is to the oil pan yet either. I will definitely need bump stops. I don't currently have any rubber in the motor mounts so I can gain an inch or two of clearance there but I only have 2 or three inches currently with the motor sitting in place without the rubber idolaters. I'm pretty sure if I didn't have the engine offset already I'd need to have done it for differential clearance.








I hope the caster is at around 4-5 degrees. I was shooting for that anyway. When I have a chance to get the frame sitting on it's own weight I hope to test it again. I was right at 4 degrees on one side and about 4.5 on the other. I don't think the stock axle was perfect to start with.