I tried searching, had no luck, but it's kinda a weird question:

Can anyone with a hp 60 enlighten me as to how the stock inner u bolt fits on the drivers side with the cast in perch?

I just (finally) got my hp60 (79 F350), it is a bare housing essentially, I already have the chev outers ready to go on to it, looks like it is going to be real close to bolt in, or bolt in, as far as perch width on my YJ yada yada yada. The one weird thing is that the cast in perch appears to use u bolts, based on the way it looks. It does not appear to use the inner BOLTS to hold it in place like the chev does. And yet the u bolt appears to me to have to fit around the housing webbing at the bottom of the housing. Other than this webbing, it appears that a perfectly round u bolt would fit perfectly well. Can anyone with knowledge/experience with the stock setup enlighten me as to how it worked stock?

Thanks for any info.

Chad

The 'U-bolts' are actually inverted. they point down with the nuts on the bottom and the go up and over the spring and back down. Ford used a cast iron piece that cuped the bottom on the tube on the pass. side and had a relief to clear the web on the driver side.

I've seen a photo on this board showing someone notching the web to use a convential u-bolt that points up.



Eric

Originally posted by Alpo23
I've seen a photo on this board showing someone notching the web to use a convential u-bolt that points up.

Eric

Notch it!

http://www.superford.org/registry/users/33/139/uboltflip2.jpg

http://www.superford.org/registry/users/33/139/DCP_0326.JPG

OK, thanks, at least I know I'm not hallucinating.