Ridetech 4 link cradle help!

[Mark69bird]

I just welded in a cradle a few weeks ago in my 68 Firebird. My frame rails and trunk pan are also new. I agree with above, there's really only one way it will fit. Here's a pic of my install so you can better see how the bolts line up.

Thx. It’s been a bit frustrating trying to line it up and Center it between the frame rails. Did you have to beat the truck floor up where the bar goes across by the 5 bolts going through the seam?
For some reason I have about 3/8” gap between the frame rails. And the rails were in a jig before all welding was done. Seams my frame rails are wider than the drawing shows. I’ll try and get pictures up. Just waiting on jack stands to hold it all up.

[blitzer454]

Thx. It’s been a bit frustrating trying to line it up and Center it between the frame rails. Did you have to beat the truck floor up where the bar goes across by the 5 bolts going through the seam?
For some reason I have about 3/8” gap between the frame rails. And the rails were in a jig before all welding was done. Seams my frame rails are wider than the drawing shows. I’ll try and get pictures up. Just waiting on jack stands to hold it all up.

Yes, I had to pound down the trunk seam to get the backing bar to fit onto the 5 bolts. I also had to do some pounding on the opposite side of the trunk seam to get the front of the cradle bar to sit down correctly. I also did some pounding on the bottom of the trunk floor where the back bar meets the ridges on the floor. My frame rails also had a gap between the front tabs. I used some clamps to pull the rail over some and a BFH to move the cradle to the rail.

I installed it while the car was still on the rotisserie which made the job a lot easier. I used the 5 bolts at the front and the 2 at the rear to draw the cradle onto the rails then I used the self tapping bolts to pull down the tabs that were still sticking up a bit.