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Originally Posted by Andy4639
Just leave it off. all it is is a mounting bracket for the shocks it doesn't add anything to the frame.  |
Well I'm sure it adds some stiffness, and I've seen others use it to tie in cross bracing -- I'll attach some pics if I can find them.
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Now, I'm thinking maybe I can chuck that crossmember and use a welder series sway bar as pictured, but going through the frame while adding some boxing in the area as well. Then I can also tie in some diagonal tubing between the sway bar outer tube and the frame, similar to the pictured cross-bracing.
You can see more details in the guy's build thread here
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=534956
But his panhard bar placement is suspect so I'm not sure if the placement of his bracing is optimal.