A question about Bill Bs beam plates.

[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by Z51JEFF

If I do replace the exhaust on my car I'd like to put the beam plates in that I've got. Is this pretty straight forward,does anything need to be supported during the process?

Very straight forward. Most difficult part may be getting the OE nuts OFF.

Once they're off, just slide the plates in place with the nuts over the holes, and thread the bolts up into the self-centering nuts.

Bill provides some lugs to assist with positioning the transmission tail properly w/in the tunnel. If you don't have them, you can make them out of a wooden dowel rod.

I had to take the torque off the motor mount nuts, along with the C-beam nuts, "center" the trans with the guide slugs, and then torque all the nuts down.

Never had any drive train vibration, once everything was torqued/spaced.

Good luck!

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