Frame lowering

Due to the lowering of the floor, for head room, it is now necessary to lower the frame rails and rear x member of the frame.

The frame cuts will start at the point where the temporary small wooden body spacer has been laid on the frame rail.

The inner side of the frame rail cut, next will be the outer side. I lowered the rear portion 3.5" and the front 1.25"

Both sides of the frame rail have now been cut and are now waiting for a new cap piece.

Another view showing the cut frame rail. It should also be noted that prior to cutting the frame rails it was necessary to drop the top rear x member of the frame. The front of this x member was lowered 1.25" and the rear was lowered 3.5"

Lowering of the frame rails and x member can be seen. Also note that the transmission and skid plate bolts are installed to the left of the frame cross member. By welding the nuts on the top of the upper x member and welding in heavy wall pipe the upper and lower x members are tied together forming a very rigid mount.