K member question
There really wasn't much to it.
But, considering the factory method of attaching the LCA pivot tubes, even that "washer" with crappy welds was an improvement over nothing at all. The LCA pivot mounts didn't have a whole lot holding them in to begin with.
It's pretty easy to reinforce the K-frames though, and any reinforcement would pretty much be superior to anything the factory put out. I've done a couple so far, I do a seam weld around the entire edge of the K frame, go over all of the factory welds, and add gussets to the LCA, idler, and steering mounts. I also gusset the torsion bar anchors in the crossmember, as it seems that A-bodies in particular had pretty lousy welds there.
Well, I appreciate the edumacation, but it was a little underwelming. The "reinforcement plate" around the torsion bar mount looks like a large washer cut in half and rather crudely welded into place to me?
All of the welds in my plain ol' 318 K member looked that way, that's why we went over them all again and cleaned them up a bit before we installed it. I thought that you all were going to tell me that there were actually added gussets and such welded in. I have to admit I'm a little disappointed.
As far as pronouncing the name of our state Misery, that's pretty common. Sometimes I call my favorite football team the Griefs.
There really wasn't much to it.
But, considering the factory method of attaching the LCA pivot tubes, even that "washer" with crappy welds was an improvement over nothing at all. The LCA pivot mounts didn't have a whole lot holding them in to begin with.
It's pretty easy to reinforce the K-frames though, and any reinforcement would pretty much be superior to anything the factory put out. I've done a couple so far, I do a seam weld around the entire edge of the K frame, go over all of the factory welds, and add gussets to the LCA, idler, and steering mounts. I also gusset the torsion bar anchors in the crossmember, as it seems that A-bodies in particular had pretty lousy welds there.