Someday I want to go back through this thread and count how many times we have completely derailed. I don't mind, it's all good fun, but I'm genuinely curious!
Back to the topic at hand... After work today I whipped out the sleeves/spacers for the 1/2" bolts. Found some thick wall pipe, definitely thicker than I need but that's better than the alternative. I'm hoping my length is correct, I'm pretty sure I needed 2.5" from the frame to the outside of the box plate. So I just subtracted the 3/16 thickness of the plate and went to town. I'm just going off memory but it's easy enough to take a little more off if I have to.
There's something almost therapeutic about not having to be picky on tolerances, but they look pretty close to me!
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The pipe is probably 3/16 or 1/4 wall. I just eyeballed a weld prep on the end of them. Once I get everything lined up where it needs to sit and can get the holes drilled where they need to be I'll just bolt these to the plates and weld them in.
Still have to make the 5/8 spacers but the length is a little more tricky on those so I'll have to get some measurements.