No, it's only a 15 wide. I would really like a 16 wide though. But, back when I did this they weren't that common, I'm not sure if there was even a 144x16 made at that time. If I could find one for cheap enough and get rid of my 15 wide I would definitely throw one on there.
Anyone put drop brackets on S chassis Summit?
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Here's a few pic's of my hunk a junk as I call it................LOL! It's got the 16x 151 under it. Drop brackets are made out of 4130 chrome moly, cant remember the exact thickness. Two plates, one straight and the other bent 90 degress and then welded around the edges. Been on there over 3K miles and been ridden like it looks, Rough!!
Here's a few pic's of my hunk a junk as I call it................LOL! It's got the 16x 151 under it. Drop brackets are made out of 4130 chrome moly, cant remember the exact thickness. Two plates, one straight and the other bent 90 degress and then welded around the edges. Been on there over 3K miles and been ridden like it looks, Rough!!
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I thought about making some brackets out of 4130 also. We'll see how the aluminum holds up, I'm kind of leery of welding it without heat treating after. How far did you drop the rear from stock? And did you drop the front also?
ya me and my brother made some for a 99 summit x and they seem to work ok. Nice Cad job or solid works whatever you used. Ya we only went down a inch and for the top middle boogies we drilled out the whole thats already marked and moved them down for more room as well
UPDATE: I got my piece of 6061-T651 aluminum in the mail today and spent a few hours in the shop. I got the pieces made and everything welded together. Tomorrow I will get the holes drilled and get them on the sled and take some pictures of the finished brackets.
Here's a few pictures of how I made the main pieces. I cut everything out of the big plate on the band saw, and put these pieces in the mill and programmed it to cut out the pocket to fit over the stock drop brackets.
Cutting a couple of circles to get the arc in the bottom corner.
Getting rid of the rest of the extra material to make the pocket.
The mill
First one finished...I had a tool offset wrong in the program and made that little screwup but it will be on the back side anyways. You can see the silver lines where I cut off the corners after I milled it.
Here's a few pictures of how I made the main pieces. I cut everything out of the big plate on the band saw, and put these pieces in the mill and programmed it to cut out the pocket to fit over the stock drop brackets.
Cutting a couple of circles to get the arc in the bottom corner.
Getting rid of the rest of the extra material to make the pocket.
The mill
First one finished...I had a tool offset wrong in the program and made that little screwup but it will be on the back side anyways. You can see the silver lines where I cut off the corners after I milled it.
Done!! It looks a lot better, and should work way better as well. With the bolt in the bottom hole, the rear is dropped 5" from stock, and I dropped the front 1.5". For $31 and about 5 hours of my time I think it was worth it over buying a set of $90 brackets.
My first time TIG welding aluminum
Before
After
My first time TIG welding aluminum
Before
After
