Frame thickness

["jeff tarquinio" <jeff=tarquinio%eng%emchop1@domain.elided>]

Tom M said:
"Recall I mentioned three weeks ago ripping my front driver's fixed spring 
mount from the frame.. that one was clean, with a slot cut torn from the 
outside of the frame where the outer weld was.

Tonight, while envisioning the V8 exhaust under the '77, what should I 
see, but the passenger side mount has ripped!  This one is uglier.. the 
outer weld gave way, and the inner and under-side welds held.. and peeled 
the frame forward, twisting along the way.."

Tom!
	With all this work to the spring mounts, you should have considered 
reverse shackle / buggy spring setup.
Weren't you planning this anyway?
	I suppose you couldn't afford the down time on the rig, too bad, it 
could have been the ol' "two birds with one stone" trick.

Jeff T