After building the reinforcement plate for the rear lower control arm brackets, I decided to make some changes to the way the rear axle was held in place. The standard arrangement is that the center section is attached to the frame with 4 bolts at the top and stabilized with a brace from the rear main frame that attaches to the lower control arm pivot shafts. The original brace is in the next picture.



I redesigned the rear brace so that it attaches primarily to the new reinforcement plate and also to the control arm pivots.



Here’s how it looks installed.



I then made a similar, but shorter brace to go in front of the center section.



This picture shows the bracket mounts that are welded to the frame, they are tapped for the mounting bolts and located low enough to clear the rear stabilizer bar.



Here are a couple pictures of the front brace installed.