Wishing each of you a very Merry Christmas! May peace, love, joy, and fair winds surround you throughout the year ahead!
As promised, here are the pics of the new chain plate straps that I made. I used unpolished stainless 2x2 angle and 1/8" x 2" bar stock. 1/2" hole on the top for the new chain plate bolts, 3/8" bolt and J-B Weld to join the two, bent the offset into the flat bar stock and bolted to the bulkheads using 3 5/16" bolts per side. The bulkheads are secured along the sides and bottom, and have a small gap along the top edge. This will serve as my indication that all is well, as long as this gap remains. But I believe the forces will be sufficiently dispersed by this method. Please feel free to weigh in on anything you see that could be done differently or better!
I was aiming for a launch today, but got derailed by trailer title issues that still need to be resolved.
Oh well, still stuff left to work on.
Cheers,
Jerry