8 3/4 U-bolt question

Dana67Dart said
DO NOT use the non flattened ones.

The flats distribute the point load of the U bolt over a larger area.

You WILL crush the housing tube.

This is crush, NOT wear

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Wow must have been installed with a 3/4 impact. The calvert cal track kit comes with round u bolts. I never squashed a housing like that . Lift kits for trucks also round u bolts. Someone either over tightened them or they came out of the Dukes of Hazzard's General Lee bridge jump car