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Originally Posted by GB SISSON

I decided that buying the F 100 U bolt assemblies would just add further cost to this swap so I looked at what I had. Remember that forged plate that was made for a tapered axle housing. I came up with a way to create a perfect fitting shim that would reshape the concave side of the plate to fit correctly against the 3 1/8" straight axle tube of the '71 axle. I had a 4" roll of black mesh from a yard sale. Looked like nylon but wouldn't melt so either fiberglass with a coating or carbon fiber or whatever. I also have a couple gallons of West System marine epoxy from the ship figurehead project. I wrapped a layer of waxed paper on the housing and taped it. Wetted it out with epoxy. started adding strips of mesh. One layer on the small end that fits, graduating up to eight layers on the end that needs it. Continued saturating the layered strips with epoxy by brush. Then set the steel cap on top pressing down firmly. Went for an afternoon drive in the foyota, Came back and trimmed the edges. I think this should take care of the fitment issue that I was concerned about without buying anything.