welding on my truss

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What are the main things i have to pay attention to when welding my truss onto my 44? On TNT's website i remember them saying "just locate it perpendicular to the ground and burn it home".

But i also read another thread that a guy was talking about caster and pinion angle when locating all of his mounts. So what are the big things i don't want to fuck up when welding this thing?

I was probably going to call up TNT and ask them before i do it but i might as well get some sis input.

[Ktmracer419]

welding the truss on you just need to get it in the ballpark. all this will effect is the angle of the shock mounts and coil buckets really.

i can eyeball my caster close enough, but you may want to get a cheap angle finder and set yours at 5-7 degrees.

when you weld

don't lay a mega bead at full power, or else you can trweak your housing

give plenty of time to let that shit cool

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So basically eyeball my pinion angle and burn the truss on.

And how do i adjust caster?

[Ktmracer419]

control arms

but if you arent 100% sure you can eyeball caster, don't eyeball it

you will be stuck with a truss and axle housing you need to chop apart because your coils get spit out and shocks won't bolt to because of the angle

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Well if i adjust my control arm length, that will also effect my pinion angle correct? So basically i have to fall somewhere in the middle...

I've read somewhere that people remove the outer ends of the axles and press/weld them back in with the correct caster/pinion setting?

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bump...

[Ktmracer419]

yes people rotate the knuckles

its not too big of an issue with a hp axle

and caster>pinion angle

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gracias