BTW If you static test this with the front tire of the truck

that would be great. Place the beam with the slot up.


Build a fixture out of 3 inch angle to apply the load to

just the bolts. Don't let the fixture touch the reinforcing strips.



Paul Lamar

I need a better picture of  the test fixture.  Assuming the beam is
supported by blocking at either end, you want the truck wheel  to  set in
the center of the beam on a fixture that holds it clear of the support
strips and places the load where?  Do you want the fixture to be
attached to the S beam by the same bolts that attach it to the bell
housing?    Jerry


Place the load on the two bolts through the fixture.
Yes use the same 10 mm bolts that hold the plate to the beam and
thence to the engine. I'll do a quck and dirty 3D in a few minutes.

Paul Lamar

Here is the 3D.

Paul Lamar

Thanks Paul,  Could not be clearer.   I welded the two strips on to
my junk S-beam and  will pick up the angle iron for the fixture on
Friday. The hard part will be jacking the truck high enough to slide
all this stuff under the wheel.   No pics, the camera batteries are
dead.   Jerry

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