johnny499
Elite Explorer
- Joined
- February 6, 2007
- Messages
- 250
- Reaction score
- 47
- City, State
- brooklyn park,mn
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 98 Mountaineer 5.0 SAS
- Callsign
- W3JF
Last night i stopped out at my parents and drove it up on a pile to check the bump stops finally. With it on the bump stops the rear leaf was perfectly flat. I'm not sure how much negative arch is acceptable so flat is what i shot for.
Now for the bender mount pics. I used a piece of 5" channel left over from the rear bumper of the one ton to make the mounting base.
I taper cut the end of the tube to level the bender on the stand.
Here it is leveled and welded. I also pre drilled pilot holes if i decide i want to mount it 90 degrees to its current layout.
Here you can see one of the nuts i mounted on the side to lock it in place.
I mounted it up last night. you can see the ram to the right of it.
You can see that it sit's nice and level on the stand.
The next step is to get the ram mounted up and it will be ready to rock. I am so excited to get it up and working but i need to make sure i get it built right so it's reliable.
I found i hadn't uploaded a few pics of the led lightbar output comparison. Here are the high beams parked.
The high beams and led bar.
Low beams, fog's and lightbar on wall.
The lightbar definitely helps and will be remounted on the new bumper for sure.
Now for the bender mount pics. I used a piece of 5" channel left over from the rear bumper of the one ton to make the mounting base.
I taper cut the end of the tube to level the bender on the stand.
Here it is leveled and welded. I also pre drilled pilot holes if i decide i want to mount it 90 degrees to its current layout.
Here you can see one of the nuts i mounted on the side to lock it in place.
I mounted it up last night. you can see the ram to the right of it.
You can see that it sit's nice and level on the stand.
The next step is to get the ram mounted up and it will be ready to rock. I am so excited to get it up and working but i need to make sure i get it built right so it's reliable.
I found i hadn't uploaded a few pics of the led lightbar output comparison. Here are the high beams parked.
The high beams and led bar.
Low beams, fog's and lightbar on wall.
The lightbar definitely helps and will be remounted on the new bumper for sure.