Thanks for the info. I wish I could find a bolt on 4 bar batwing that had the top and bottom 4 bar mount equally spaced from center of the axle. All the ones I've found the top bar looks to be at least 2 " higher than the bottom bar, but to get my bars to be parallel to my frame they need to be equally spaced from center of the axle to do it. Sounds like fab time.
Hey Baddawg is that axle a 46 inch or 48 inch KP center to KP center I just remembered mine is a 46 inch. Might make a little difference. Good luck with the build. I can hardly wait to start the '27 but have a three other projects going now to finish before spring. Or maybe early summer LOL. Wheres my beer!! Been a long day
It's a 46 with 33 1/2 center to center on the perches. Problem is I am wanting to run the posies quarter ellipticals mounted on the outside of my frame rails which are 24 1/2 wide I've drawn it out on my trusty old school drafting paper and looks like the 4 bars are going to have to be about 40 inches long to clear the spring mount, and that's only about 5 degrees angle on the bars. Talked to the folks at posies and they recommend at least 15 degree angle to keep from running a pan hard bar. Any less can give you lateral movement. Long story short I'm about to can the 1/4 elliptical spring idea and go buggy spring. If I weren't trying to go so low i would mount them under the frame but that just won't work.
Dale, have you given any thought to notching the end of the frame rail? On my set up I used 1 1/2"x 3" and the front 17 1/2" is 1 1/2"x 1 1/2". I also boxed the 4 1/2" by the spring mount. In this way, the spring is mounted so that it does not extend below the frame. Also, my four bars are mounted at a ten degree angle and are 24 1/2" long center to center of the mounting bolt and are 4 1/4" apart center to center. Since I have a cross steer set up I didn't want to take any chances so I'm also running a panhard bar. Maybe the attached pictures will help explain things better.
Jim
Can I come too ?, Its only 230 miles from Ft. myers.
