FastFloridian Posted Sunday at 08:25 PM Author Share Posted Sunday at 08:25 PM Got the subframe braces on, seemed simple but ran into some issues. Bolt to the subframe is too long, bottoming out in the brace, I cut the bolt down and used a spacer to help with alignment. Then tightening up to where it connects to tension arm bracket and snapped those bolts. Alignment from where I drilled the holes was off a little and I was over tightening them, ugh. Luckily I had two more bolts. Had to take the tension arm off to get one of the carriage bolts on. But it’s complete now, nice and sturdy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastFloridian Posted Monday at 12:11 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 12:11 PM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhm Posted Monday at 02:01 PM Share Posted Monday at 02:01 PM Apex's choice of carriage bolts is unusual....can't say I've ever seen really seen them used in custom suspension builds before. Do you think they were chosen for convenience, with the self-locking features in the mounting brackets? Great progress.....really enjoying your updates! Keep 'em coming!! 👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastFloridian Posted Monday at 02:24 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 02:24 PM For the track attack upper control arm plate the carriage bolts are a must because of their plate design, it completely covers the bolts, so no way to tighten. But some of the others are iffy. The two I broke, didn’t need to be carriage bolts, but it would have tight if they weren’t, and the tension rod bracket was probably needed for clearance to the bushing. Their brackets could have been designed to use regular bolts if they made them a little bigger, but that’s what they went with. Over all I’m pretty happy with it and how’s it’s coming together, but there are still some improvements they could make for easier installation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhm Posted Tuesday at 02:07 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 02:07 PM 23 hours ago, FastFloridian said: For the track attack upper control arm plate the carriage bolts are a must because of their plate design, it completely covers the bolts, so no way to tighten. Ah, that explains it. I was wondering if that was part of the reason....thanks for clarifying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastFloridian Posted 2 hours ago Author Share Posted 2 hours ago I was over in Orlando today for work and found a Z shop and picked up a used rear diff and axel. Was supposed to be 2 axels, but they stripped one getting it off an old Z. I’ll probably get the other one off eBay. I’ll be sending the diff to Z1 and getting it rebuilt with a wavetrac lsd and some new gears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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