With the transmission mount removed, I was surprised at how little
support the transmission needed. Of course I wasn't mentally taking
into account the drive axles.

I see your point. I keep thinking that part carries a lot of weight.

FWIW to those who are curious why I needed a longer bolt....

When was initially modifying the mount brackets, they wouldn't line up
to the bolt holes to the frame. Along with elongating the holes in the
bracket that bolts to frame I made the hole in each arm of the
transmission bracket a little longer. I shimmed each hole:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ZF8TROmt_04/S8k1QpuuxxI/AAAAAAAAC20/ozedPikSqo0/s720/TransmissionBracketCrossBoltHoles_shimmed.jpg

which worked "ok".

But this along with removing even more material at each arm, gave me
pause to think about strengthening those spots so I welded a washer on
to each hole and back filled the rest of the hole. This "tightened"
things up and will hopefully add some strength to that area.

Thanks for the help people.

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> The tension load on that bolt isn't much.  Doesn't need to be that tight
> actually.  like 35 to 40 lbs torque would be enough .
> The shear load on it isn't that much either.
> It's the kind of thing that if things stay in place, don't get loose, or
> slide around , it will be fine.
>
> just don't use some cheap junk from a hardware store.
> I like a nylock nut on that bolt too.

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