Alright... updates in the order they happened:
Had some time and rebuilt and painted the RE uppers that will be used for my radius arm setup.
GreatLakeOffroad H1 Rock Rings came in:
Got the plate welded back in place and the holes drilled so that the stock trans mount now sat "in" and "on" the crossmember.
Then I sleeved the holes that are used to secure the nuts to the trans mount with some tubing. I wish I had DOM to use mainly to rid of the look of the welds on the HREW, but I wasn't gonna go out to buy some just for that.
Then I drilled and taped the stock nuts in the frame rail to 1/2"-13TPI. Next, mocked up the crossmember with the HD Offroad Engineering Unibody stiffeners to make sure everything fit up good.
If anyone is keen enough to notice the standard washer on the trans mount... don't worry that isn't staying.
Ran into a small issue when I realized that the stiffeners didn't have enough material to really weld a nut up to them. So I knew I needed to move the mounts for the crossmember out about 3/8". I also knew that the crossmember would have to be angled at the end in order for the DPG skidplate I have to be used. So I stage four of the crossmember:
Then I test fit the crossmember to the DPG skid to make sure it would sit up there nicely.
Almost like I knew what I was doing...
I know the question of the radius arm mounts is going to be asked, so I'll address it now. The plan is to build mounts for the arms on the crossmember itself. Being as the DPG skid covers the crossmember I will be taking small portions of it out in order to clear the mounts. I'm estimating two 3" x 3.5" retangles to be cut out of the front portion of the skid. It shouldn't have an effect on the strength as thats where it sits under the crossmember anyway. If that isn't clear, you'll have to wait for the pictures after I do it.
