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Maybe it is the angle the pictures are taken at, but one side looks like the linings are installed reversed.
In the first pic the leading shoe appears to be at the rear instead of at the front, the second pic appears correct. Last edited by 1ownerT; 02-24-2010 at 06:15 AM. 
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02-24-2010, 08:34 AM
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Man, it was brought to my attention I put the shoes on backwards on the passenger rear wheel. Haha. Oh well, gotta redo it.
The other night I welded in my 5-point harness mounting tabs. They're 1/4" thick and I used the 6"x 6"x 1/8" plates supplied with my roll cage, that I didn't use because it's welded to the frame, to reinforce where I mounted them. Should be plenty strong considering the flooring is 14 gauge and everything is all welded into one another (body, flooring, cage, frame, etc.). 
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03-03-2010, 12:14 AM
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It has been interesting following your project, bet you are feeling good now that its almost complete. I mentioned some time back that I would try and post my BUG Pics. I have posted the chassis pics(3pages) under Member Galleries (406 bug ). I am in the final assembly stages now; should be complete next week. Hope you enjoy the pics.
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Still pluggin' away! Got a few things accomplished this weekend.
Got the transmission tunnel and driveshaft tunnel made. I got some 18 gauge galvanized steel, cause that's all they had in 18 gauge, and a 3' section of 6" pipe. I needed something thin enough that I could bend on my own. I did take precautions to make sure I didn't get sick from welding galvanized steel. I had the garage wide open and a fan in front of my face the whole time. It also helped that it was windy out yesterday. So I cut out the steel using my patterns. For the driveshaft tunnel, I tacked the steel to the pipe and rolled the steel over it. For the tunnel, I just hand formed it over the pipe. It can out really well. My pattern was a little off after doing some additional trimming cause the floor warped slightly from all the welding. So I had to make so relief cuts to the passenger side of the tunnel to get it to fit right. It's all fully welded up and very strong. The car is a little cluttered inside at the moment cause I'm in the middle of hooking up my shifter. Just a few more things and the shifter will be finished.   I also got the throttle cable and pedal hooked up. It works very well, but as you can see, it's a tight fit.    The brakes are also hooked up and ready to rock! My brother came over after I got all new lines ran and hooked up, and we bled the system. It took forever to completely bleed the new system and to fix little leaks. The brake pedal is very firm and works great though. The rear brakes are stiffer than the front though. I got the pedal setup so the front brakes some in hard first, then the drums. My only concern is the rear brakes line that goes to the master comes close to the exhaust manifold. Everything is so cramped in the engine bay with this S10 frame. I'll more than likely have to wrap the exhaust by the brake line.  Last but not least, I started working on the steering. I extended the shaft that goes to the steering box so the steering wheel will be closer to me and away from my knees. I just need to relocated the steering mount from the firewall to the dash bar and it'll be ready to rock.  Once the steering is done and the shifter is hooked up, all there is to do to drive her around the block is to run the gas line and to make a battery box! I hoping to have video up of the first drive this coming up weekend. Then I can finally move this thing out of the garage so I can clean up without having to need 3-4 people to push it back in. LOL!
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Slowly checking off the To Do List. Trying to get this thing ready for a test drive this weekend.
Shifter...installed.   Things left to do. 1. Relocate steering column mount to dash bar. 2. Mount trans cooler. 3. Run fuel line. 4. Make battery tray. 5. Mount seat and harness.
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6. Check the weld on that steering shaft. That is a weld I see in the previous post, is it not? Sorry, it looks as though there is a weld lumped on top of the shaft.
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I would also like to see you come back in one piece. If its a butt weld did you chamfer almost all the way to the center of each piece?
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03-10-2010, 03:43 PM
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Hey guys, I'll give it a look.
Basically, the shaft with the rag joint on the end is a solid 3/4" double d shaft, and the extension is 3/4" pipe / steering shaft. When I welded it together I left about a 1/8" gap, clamped both rods in some angle iron and welded it up using my MIG with flux core wire at 125 amps. I don't think penetration is much of an issue. I even used a 5 lbs hammer to straighten it up a little, while it was hot, cause it slightly warped from welding it. It seems very strong. If you feel I need to grind the welds and sleeve it, then I'll do that, but I think it's plenty strong. Although, I don't do this sort of thing for a living so I'm open to advice.
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03-10-2010, 06:32 PM
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A sleeve is safe, but if you got red hot weld right thru it should be OK.
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I appreciate the advice and help guys. See, I listen.
 For the 10-15 minutes time it took to sleeve it I'd say it's cheap insurance.I ground down the existing weld, I cut out a 2" section out of some scrap steel I had laying around (the original fender support tubes that bolted to the S10 frame / fenders), slid on the sleeve and welded away at about 100 amps using flux core. Here are the results.     Sleeved and plenty of penetration on the new sleeve. Should be VERY strong. I also started working on mounting the column, but my grinder finally gave out after putting it to hard work for well over 2 years. Time to another. I did manage to get the trans cooler mounted. Nope, I didn't weld near the trans cooler.   Thanks again for the suggestions guys!
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03-11-2010, 01:29 PM
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Nice.
You don't have to worry about that cracking up.
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