Hey all,
I’m putting a 99 Cobra IRS in my 69 Cougar and the way I’d like to run my frame rails is maybe 1/4” too tight to the rear subframe bushing sleeves. Actually, the “lip” of the bushing is what’s in the way mostly.
So, since some of the people that have done what I’m doing have cut the mounts off and made brackets to mount directly to the frame, I’m wondering if I could remove the rubber bushings then weld 0.120 thick steel “washers” to the ends of the bushing tubes and sleeve that with a crush tube ID being the same as the factory bolt. My only concern is only having two load points at the end washers instead of dispersing through the whole rubber bushing (granted they’re not two single shear points on the bolt due to the sleeve, but that load ends up back at the two washers).
My other idea was to ask if there is any issue with reversing the bushing so the lip is on the outside (no clearance issues) instead of the inside.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
-Tom
I’m putting a 99 Cobra IRS in my 69 Cougar and the way I’d like to run my frame rails is maybe 1/4” too tight to the rear subframe bushing sleeves. Actually, the “lip” of the bushing is what’s in the way mostly.
So, since some of the people that have done what I’m doing have cut the mounts off and made brackets to mount directly to the frame, I’m wondering if I could remove the rubber bushings then weld 0.120 thick steel “washers” to the ends of the bushing tubes and sleeve that with a crush tube ID being the same as the factory bolt. My only concern is only having two load points at the end washers instead of dispersing through the whole rubber bushing (granted they’re not two single shear points on the bolt due to the sleeve, but that load ends up back at the two washers).
My other idea was to ask if there is any issue with reversing the bushing so the lip is on the outside (no clearance issues) instead of the inside.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!
-Tom
