Well friends, All is right in the world. Black Betty (that sweet girl) is back on her side of the garage, not being worked on in the TLC's spot. ...

Aluminum subframe ramblings: Just for fun, wanted to see what it might cost if I totally grenade the aluminum subframe... Found one on Ebay, that ...

@andrew-baker Drew, I'm thinking that tightening the clamps up, with the brace in position to be welded, should do the trick on load distribution. T...

@andrew-baker Hey Drew, sure, no problem: Well Friends,Got back out to the shop this afternoon to continue with the A arm support brace idea, using ...

Well Friends,I managed to entertain myself in the shop, again, for a bit, today.I decided to ride Black Betty (that sweet girl) out and around the cou...

Well Friends,Made a little progress with the repairs to Black Betty (that sweet girl) today. Shop was a very pleasant temperature, so pretty much spen...

@mgv8 Thanks, Brian, I was just searching McMaster last night and had no idea what to call those things!

@ned Ned, i think for any sort of normal driving, the thin washers will be just fine. I was standing in front of a rack of bins at the local Ace har...

@ned Yep, shortened the big, new bolt to just about the full threaded length of the mounting point, after accounting for the two washers and tube it p...

@mgv8 Brian, that is exactly my thinking. The end point surface is much narrower, smaller diameter surface than the face or surface of the tube that ...

c't'dView from under the sidecar, bolt, grade 8 thick washer, frame through tube, grade 8 thick washer, mounting point stack. The thick washers are a ...

Well Friends,This post is kind of "bolt nerd" heavy, so be forewarned before diving in.This afternoon, I decided to do a little more work in preparati...

@mgv8 looking for ways to do that. Have not come up with a clean way to do it, yet but still looking. I am thinking about looping the steel subfra...

Ok, so here is how I addressed the top mount... Today's foolishness started out with a trip to the welding supply joint for a fresh tank of Argon ga...

@mgv8 (and @scott-h) Brian and Scott, thanks for the additional insights into that top rear mount. I took another, closer look at it, last night. Th...