Nicely done so far. Your fab skills look impressive, especially on the LCA. A couple of questions just because I'm curious. What's the reason behind doing heim joints on the UCA's? Never seen or heard of that done before, and all experiences I've heard of with stock setup and polyurethane bushings seem to be positive (mine included).
How do you like the stand for the tablet? I've looked at different options and kept coming back to the kind that stand because it attached to seat mount bolt. I hate things that jiggle and squeak in my truck, so I'm curious as to how stable you find this stand.
Lastly, I'd love to see more of the mounts you made for the phone and GPS. It looks like you attached them to the top of the dash with double sided tape and screws? How's the stability? I'm looking at all solutions for my truck and like what you came up with.
Hey Kpack,
Thanks.
Heimed UCA allows for additional adjustment (camber/caster). That also allowed me to move the lower front all the way in the lower rear all the way out, thus getting the hub/wheel/tire as far away from the cab as I could, then dial in caster and camber from the UCA. (We build race trucks, so everything gets heimed or balled)
Also, a fully heimed and balled front end feels night and day difference to bushings. Super tight, exact, instant feedback, etc. Feels like a dang Porsche race car. (Not for everybody, I understand.) People ask about NVH with my front end...it feels like going from 32psi to 37psi....you feel everything more. I love it.
The phone and GPS mount are only 3M double sided (for exterior use, not interior): there are no screws. I clean the dash with alcohol and that's all. My old K5 had the same setup and 20k+ miles (mostly dirt) and never a failure.............but, I want to change it up and use the RAM MOUNTS TOUGH TRACK on the dash or maybe a piece of 80/20 that is 1/2" x 1" ...IDK for sure....still kickin around different ideas.
Thanks, Dave
Edit: I missed the tablet part. The RAM mount is not worth the money in my opinion. (I actually found mine at a yard sale and sold the Dodge Ram base and laptop mount for more than I paid for a used Sequoia base)....but I would not buy new MSRP. Because, fabbing the bottom plate that ties into the seat mounts is easy as pie, and the RAM swivel arms are too long and can not pivot upward/downward...only side to side...(you can see how the 2 arms are kinda nested in against the dash and 1 arm would not work either)....If I were to do it again, I would build my own with some sort of locking gimbal and then I could make it to the dimensions I wish.
