Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Draw bar too long

My lady and I decided (playing) to go up a 45 degree embankment from one parking lot to another, curbs at top and bottom. (first 4WD engagement) The aluminum draw bar rubbed the lower curb due to angle of attack. Heh. I cut it off exactly two inches. The reasoning behind getting the drawbar with so much adjustment was because 6, 8 and 10 inches were all the same price. I'll go for more product every time. At any rate, it was 10.5 inches off the ground at the bottom. Now it is 12.5 inches off the ground. I didn't feel like precisely duplicating rounded corners on bottom, but I did slice off both corners and hit with angle grinder, more sliced off in rear. (problem area at curbs) You can see in images the scratched area on the rear side, bottom of part I cut off. I'll just bet I'll use that aluminum stock for a spacer of some sort in the future. We'll see. Currently, we will hit the location in the morning and determine if enough was removed. I don't think the previous report justified any more removal. We'll see in the morning...