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1994 Mitsubishi Mighty Max - Weekend Warrior: STK TRUK Edition Part 8: Mitsu Front End (Part 2)

1994 Mitsubishi Mighty Max Pivot Tool
9.Since the strut rods were removed and won't be used, Steve made a tool to ensure that our new brackets for our newly constructed A-arms would pivot on the same point. This tool was made out of a piece of 3/4-inch tubing and two nuts welded to the inside. A 1/2-inch nut on one side and the factory nut to hold it on the factory arm side.
1994 Mitsubishi Mighty Max Urethane Sleeve
10.Steve made templates and cut out our new tabs that will hold our new A-arms. In this picture, you can see how our tool was utilized to ensure that our tabs were positioned correctly. A urethane sleeve was used to space our tabs properly before they were welded on.
1994 Mitsubishi Mighty Max Tabs
11.The tabs were welded into place and then we removed our alignment tool.
1994 Mitsubishi Mighty Max Adjusters
12.As in the four-link story from our Aug. '07 issue, Steve made adjusters for our arms. These would be used to adjust the caster.
1994 Mitsubishi Mighty Max Setting Ball Joint
13.Before he removed the strut rods, Steve measured from the body mount on the frame to the center of the ball joint. He then set the ball joint back to that specific measurement.
1994 Mitsubishi Mighty Max Adjuster
14.Next, the adjuster was bolted onto the brackets that were just welded to the frame.
1994 Mitsubishi Mighty Max Tacked In Place
15.Once the measurement was made, our tube was cut, notched, and tacked into place. Note that the tube was welded as far up the bung as possible, this will give us the most turning radius as possible.
1994 Mitsubishi Mighty Max Cardboard Gusset
16a.With our tube tacked into place, the next step was to cut a cardboard gusset and then cut it out of metal to ensure strength. Once our metal gusset was tacked into place, Steve bolted it in place and cycled it for clearance.
1994 Mitsubishi Mighty Max Metal Gusset
16b.
1994 Mitsubishi Mighty Max Finished Product
17.Here's the finished product: shiny black, courtesy of some Wal-Mart flat black. The excess metal was cut on the bung to ensure optimum clearance.

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