Re: Resurrecting my 56’ Patrician

Posted by HH56 On 2022/3/29 18:24:58

The tool is certainly nice to have and maybe makes the job easier since it can be installed quickly. Many have held the front load arm up with a short length of chain. Add a bit of weight to the front to bring the load arm up a bit higher than ride position -- sort of like the position shown in the manual when the tool is in place -- and then loop the chain around the arm and frame and bolt the chain in place while the arm is up. When the front end is jacked up the A arms will drop and be completely unloaded while the chain holds the load arm.

Someone has found internet archive of stuff that was on Craig's old Panther blog in the past. If anyone knows where those are or how to find them, if the photos are more or less complete I seem to recall he had a photo of how he did the chain in his section on making the adjustable 55 load links.