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Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:01 am

I spent time searching the forums but am having trouble or getting impatient. I just did the swap, welded in the brackets, but when I set the trans in the frame horns, the cv's rub the frame horns. The trans is out of a Thing. Is this normal? Any links to a fix? Cut and weld or beat with a hammer? Help! this project is growing old.

Wed Dec 30, 2009 2:51 am

you can do a few things... i just cut some oval shapes out of the frame horns untill i got some clearance and then i took some plate and coverd the hole back up! so now i have some notches for the cv's.

Wed Dec 30, 2009 3:42 am

Green bug Guy wrote: you can do a few things... i just cut some oval shapes out of the frame horns untill i got some clearance and then i took some plate and coverd the hole back up! so now i have some notches for the cv's.

rider307g, if you look at nilza's post (a little further down the page), you can see what green bug guy is talking about. It's a pretty cool thread to read anyway...

Edit.... I guess I should have mentioned there is a pic somewhere in the thread showing this.

Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:03 am

if I cut notches in the frame horn to clear CVs I would run a brace up each side from the trans mount at the back of the frame horn to the firewall or roll cage.

Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:18 am

Mal evolent wrote: if I cut notches in the frame horn to clear CVs I would run a brace up each side from the trans mount at the back of the frame horn to the firewall or roll cage.

my experience says this is a must do even if you dont have to notch the horns

Wed Dec 30, 2009 11:23 am

i just took a bfh to mine to make clearance. Thinking about adding some angle or I-beam to the bottom of the horn for more strength. I like the notching idea, but i want to wait until i get bigger cvs so i don't do it twice.

Sun Jan 17, 2010 7:15 pm

I did the same as chubby. Never had a probem and I like to jump. :lol: