Watts link install.

[onebad65c10]

Installation of KP komponets Watts link in a 1965 Chevrolet C-10.
The truck this is being installed on is My 65 c10 that has been air bagged with firestone 2600's out back. The truck also features a Classic Performance bolt in c-notch that has been welded and smoothed.
This is a sight that I am sure many of you 60-72 owners are familiar with the stock two link with a panard bar.




Here is the kit laid out to check for all the parts. It is a nicely constructed piece that comes powder coated.



All the hardware is grade 8


First step was to install the center bell crank in to the rear pumpkin cage.



Next I had to remove the stock panard bar bracket by cutting the rivets and using an air hammer.





Next the cage was bolted to the rear differential using the supplied hardware.



Next the links were assembled and put in to test for articulation and placement of weld in plates.



The only welding was because I have the stock frame in the rear.


Here is a final install picture after the welds cool and ground down, and everything was undercoated.

This picture is at full lift.



This picture is full drop. Through the whole range of motion the rear end only moves about a quarter inch.



I don't know if I have posted a pic with the new wheels, so here it is. The are the full size 4 wheel drive Gm rallies and chrome center caps. I do have the trim rings on them now. The tires are 245/60/R15 Bf Goodrich Radial T/A.