gear mount - floor stiffener intereference

prkaye · #1 05-03-2008, 09:29 AM

Did any 9A/7A builders find the flange of the floor stiffener interefered with part of hte gear mount that bolts to the center section (the arm that extends inboard and then 2 bolts to the center section there... this little piece won't line up with the holes because the floor rib flange is blocking it).
I see two options... one trim the material on hte gear mount, or two try to get a little dremel wheel or something in there to trim back that floor stiffener.

Jeff R · #2 05-03-2008, 06:36 PM

I had a pretty tight fit on one side, but it made it. I almost thought that I would have to do as you suggest.

cleve_thompson · #3 05-03-2008, 06:41 PM

I had the same problem on the right gear and used a flat "needle" file (I think that is the name of the little thin files) to file the gap at the end of the stiffener wider. It took a while but I thought that it was the safest tool to use. The left side fit OK, thank goodness.

Rupester · #4 05-03-2008, 07:51 PM

As someone else said ... mine fit very tightly, but required no grinding or modifications. Once the weldments were in, I marveled yet again at how extraordinarily well designed and fabricated the Vans kits are.