Rapom's Rocket - just another Duster build thread

The rear axle was placed under the rear of the car on jack stands and set at ride height. Pinion angle was set and braced off the floor to keep it in position. Extreme care was taken to ensure the axle was true to the guide lines made on the floor and verified off the body. I set the axle 1" to the rear of stock to center the wheels in the wheel wells. This was planned for and the link tubes were ordered 1" longer so there would be sufficient rod end adjustment remaining. I didn't take but a few in progress pictures of building the upper link/shock bar and positioning the link and shock brackets on the axle because it was extremely time consuming and involved with lots and lots of measuring before tacking anything in place. Here are a few pics of the upper link/shock bar being fabricated. Because the shocks and upper links would be loading the bar back and forth I figured a little extra bracing wouldn't hurt so I removed the pinion snubber reinforcement from the floor pan and made up a plate and stub to give additional rigidity to the center of the bar. I also removed the exhaust hanger on the driver's side as it was in the way.

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