4 link and Currie differential install!

[@jaredcarpenter323]

Expert measure-taper person here. The play at the end of the tape measure is purposeful. It moves the thickness of the hook. It pushes in when the end of the tape is butted up against something or pulls out when hooked. It actually makes the tape accurate in either application.

[@overmaster86]

Just wanted to say i used to think all tape measures were junk as well but that loose end actually has a use. Stole this from another site as it explains it better than I could get into words The loose tape measure end is not a design flaw, it's moveable because it helps properly measure edges. The first inch of a tape measure is short by 1/16 of an inch to account for this metal-hooked ending. Can you guess how thick the metal hook is? Yep, 1/16 of an inch. So when you measure, always account for that metal hook -- especially when you use it to grab onto the end of an edge and measure out. That looseness accounts for the 1/16 of an inch missing on the tape, allowing you to get the exact measurement every time. This also works the other way, too, simply push in to fill the gap and the metal end's 1/16" thickness makes up the difference.

[@theevilbeard]

I was going to post this. The end is loose on purpose. I find that if I'm trying to do center to center measurments, I use the 1" mark on one end and then allow for it for better accuracy.

[@Hallshotrods]

@@theevilbeardhaha came here to say this

[@marossgnv]

Best bet is to "burn" an inch or two. Metal machinist rules are the tool of choice.

[@ABSINTHEMINDEDPROFESSOR]

Definitely glad to see the welding protective gear come out, screwed up one time welding up some radio boxes for a fire dept. and while I had figured out how to run a bead and wear a welding hood, no one told me that the UV light would give me one hell of a sunburn on my inner thighs from where i was holding the boxes as I welded them, actual blister burns, frickin' horrible.

[@arthursilva6140]

Aaron and Emily working so hard on that old Chevy. It's going to be a sweet ride.

[@joshlindemeier2434]

Couple weeks without a video and two in the same week…thank you for your hustle and sharing your journey with us.

[@snedenwerks]

Awesome progress! QA1 is the best. Definitely gives me motivation to get out in the barn. Keep it up.

[@bobbolieu9013]

It was neat watching you Emily switch from side to side alternating your welds to manage the heat. It was a wonderful thing to watch. It's nice seeing training being used. Aaron did fantastic set up work with the 4 link. I always like watching link bar system getting built. It takes a lot of focused patience for the result to be reached properly. Awesome work y'all.

[@paulrhame9634]

Great video. Making a lot of progress on the old Chevy. Always fun to watch.

[@airyfast]

Love the 57 project, that v8 Datsun deserves some roses too, pretty cool.

[@keithmoney5038]

The tip on the tape measure slips to copinsate for the thickness of the tip if you push it against something viruses handing over an edge. Keep up the good work!!

[@virginiaman1960]

AKA inside and outside measurements

[@eb110americana]

Thank you for showing all the process steps as you figure things out, even the ones you have to redo or welds that get ground off. I know sometimes just staring at it and thinking don't feel very exciting, but these steps are where the important decisions and discoveries get made, so I like to see them too. Measure twice (or ten times) and you get a car that you can drive to more places than just SEMA. I think this is a healthy departure from the finish-line-oriented episodes. The journey is the important part, and you get wherever you are going a little bit at a time, no matter where each episode concludes. Keep up the good work. I'm excited to keep watching.

[@gordonwalker8003]

You guys are a great couple .I've been watching for 2 years . Yep I'm from Mt Morris Michigan . Your vedios on KZbin is a positive outlook .

[@jamesmallinger9555]

We Love you guys and your progress on 1957 is going great,❤LoveJim J&R mobile service and God Bless y'all and your critters,give Mr.Finley a big hug for me 😊

[@ezinatx]

I ❤ the new video rollout schedule!

[@andrewnajarian5994]

Aaron, I used to feel the same way but that play in the end of the tape measure is there on purpose. It is theoretically the amt necessary for it to slide back and forth to give exact measurements in either direction. Ie from the inside of the hook when pulling and from the outside of it when you’re pushing the tape up against an interior corner.

[@PROMETHEUS-p8y]

This Project Has Me Exited About The End Results !! Good Luck And I'm Enthusiastically Rooting You On !! ✌️😎

[@LyThiTrang18]

Hello! Your workplace is better than mine Wishing you all the best

[@jefferydavis5627]

Emily,love watching yall and was fixing to put a ppe welding text on yall but yall caught it. But if you don't roll them jeans cuffs over them boots your going to be doing an Indian rain dance trying to cool them ankles off. Lol. JS and I love all things yall do and God Bless.

[@stevencrane2053]

Love ya work, guys all the way from Australia 🇦🇺 ❤️

[@TheCrackerBox]

Thanks for another Guys !

[@dustinswoboda4033]

now i am back to wanting to put a 4link on my car. thanks for showing the process, and the real world struggles of the brain with measuring and getting everything dialed in.

[@terryfoust4802]

a long build, but in the end, but in the end it is going to rock-n-roll!!

[@RIPSRIDES57]

I have same 4 link and housing for my 2 door. looking good guys so excited for this build.

[@theevilbeard]

Another fairly cheap tool you can look into is a laser level/square. Being able to shoot a "line" across the from to where you want to mount things does make it a lot easier in alignment.

[@tylerbarrett6652]

You guys have been at this a while... right? Please try not to let all these comments effect you too badly. We all want you to succeed... but I'm sure lots of us simply lack the tact one should use... you know? Take your positive comments for encouragement... and the negative ones from the misguided people with a grain of salt. I'm loving your projects. I really enjoyed that old tractor repair from about a year ago now and I hope you get to do another one of those at some point - but this Chevy just looks fun. And... yeah... there will be times when you get frustrated... but you ALWAYS go back and re-do anything that needs re-done... and that's all you can do. Thanks for sharing this project with us.

[@JUNKEdDudek]

We love and appreciate both of your AWESOMENESS! Love everything you’re doing with the CHEVY!

[@SadPuppySoup]

Back in the day we would pocket the frame to set and move the leaf springs in so we could run bigger tires, it was a backyard rodder hack but it worked. It's looking good

[@flyingsparksgarage]

@@SadPuppySoup we actually considered that. This was an effort to add strength to the frame. While jacking it up without a body there is a ton of movement.

[@robertquartier9379]

@@flyingsparksgarage DD Speed shop up in Canada did that to one of his Tri 5s

[@theundergroundlairofthesqu9261]

@@flyingsparksgarage In those days, ride comfort was actually done with frame flex, in addition to springs. In modern times, they have learned to make the body and/or frame very rigid and let the suspension do all of the suspension/handling/ride comfort.

[@scottmcdonald6654]

Don't be surprise if you need to run a thread chaser for the hime joints after welding. Sometimes the heat will distort them.

[@BillB23]

At 11:50 I was reminded of something my dad often told me: if you don't make any mistakes it means you're not doing anything. Of course by that criterion there are days when I'm exceedingly busy.

[@RogerHuron-y7j]

Sorry that I missed your episode leading up to this one. Hey Aaron make sure to set up the differential 3/4" further back than stock to fit the taller tires in better

[@thomasperkins141]

Love your channel, keep the vidieo's coming. #1rule to welding, clean all surfaces to be welded to fresh bare metal. The best advice I was ever given.

[@guybenning6909]

thank you for videos your doing same things I bought parts for my 57 to do so like I'm getting a hands on class for my own car. thank you so much!

[@keith455]

Aaron, Good job on the merch plug

[@phillipshearer6844]

😊you guys are perfect we all struggle with things keeping it real!

[@flyingsparksgarage]

@@phillipshearer6844 ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@robertbourinski8286]

Today’s episode is kinda like Puddin Fab Shop and DD Speed Shop episodes. It’s great to see you working on the 57 !

[@edwardhughes3240]

It's so good to see Aaron back fully healthy! Don't forget to lose the leaf springs! Eddie

[@chuckclark9464]

👍👍🫵 2 🪨. I love watching your videos. I really do. I’m not a mechanic in anyway shape or form. I’m a retire truck driver I’m 62. I’m learning stuff not that I’m ever gonna do it because I’m handicapped lol but I just love watching you work.

[@4thstreetgarageandfab]

Aaron, that "play" in the end of the tape is designed to be there. It is for the thickness of the hook end. It pulls tight to "zero" itself out when you pull a measurement. Then when you push it against something to take a measurement it shortens itself back to zero taking in account the thickness of the hook end. Go look at tape measures in the store and you will see the ones with the thicker hook end will more more than the thin ones. Hope this helps.

[@larrydavidson3402]

This is such an exciting build. Love watching how well you two work together.

[@TechForceFoundation]

Love how Aaron states that using the tape measure is probably not the most precise way to do this..... then he pulls out that magnetic angle tool. Dig how you are thinking this process through before you do the work. ⭐🔧💥

[@Castrucksandtractors]

Great video guys Emily it looked like you did a great job welding

[@robertwcote]

The play in the tape measure is equal to the thickness of the end tab. It's by design, so if you push it into a surface or hook it on an edge and pull, either way it's properly zeroed.

[@pathbelow6652]

You guys are AWESOME!!!

[@juneladden5151]

It is so amazing watching the car 🚗 coming to life cannot wait where is our little friend Finley

[@wesleypulkka7447]

FSG, Aaron and Emily you are the bomb! That 57's going to be sweet on the street + strip! Congrats!

[@heatherwickersham231]

Making my head hurt. I brought a Ride Tech bolt in for my 55. Installed at my shop with two of us in 4 hours.

[@IggyCotton]

The small amount of play on the tip of your tape measurer is to allow for the thickness of the tab when you push against the tab or pull against the tab.. Tab thickness changes the location of the increments ... If it didn't move you would be off in measuring in length of lumber/metal verses distance when butted against a wall or fixed buttress. LOVE YOUR CONTENT!!! THANKS!

[@Stupidfastracing]

O yeah it's looking so good thank you for another great video love watching you two ❤❤

[@Georgebd2]

All you had to do is pop that spot weld bend the bracket out a little bit and with proper welding that would be solid and everything would straighten out. Keep up the great work love your show! Awesome show for people learning the trade/hobby!

[@Ezgozz]

Great job. Just remember to grind off the paint on the inside of the frame and weld to bare metal.

[@HermanMunster-o2j]

"Slop in the tape measure" 😂😂😂theyre made that way goof ball! 😂😂😂😂

[@flyingsparksgarage]

@@HermanMunster-o2j I’m a mechanic not a carpenter! 🤓😂 -Aaron

[@derekwalters6132]

Emily and Aaron you both took on a 4 link suspension without having ever done a 4 link suspension, and it turned out pretty good. You both know Derek from VGG and when he was doing a four link suspension on his build for his 32 Ford pickup I think it was he had Dave from Dirt Head Shed come and install it. Not sure if you mentioned doing a 4 link suspension when you did the front end and I missed it, because if you had mentioned it I’d have suggested watching that video as Dave showed Derek how he sets up the geometry for the truck, might’ve given you some tips. But from what I’ve seen it looks like you two have it handled. And too bad the body for the 57 is on the lift, that being free would have allowed you to weld the bottoms of those brackets.

[@54jars51]

Good to see you out there thanks for letting me watch

[@MarcusRosenberg-b1f]

FYI - measuring tape tab moving, I learned this from another video. The tape measure end tab is designed, intentionally, to move. it basically auto adjusts so your are measuring the item correctly. if you look down at the end when it's moving you can see that if you pull it out the tape will align with the edge of the item you're measuring. so you're not having to worry about compensating that 1/16th or 1/32nd (not sure exact thickness of the tape measure end tab) . the same goes for measuring the inside of something. the end pushes in so you can get the inside measurement of the item without having to adjust the measurement to compensate. Hope that helps

[@davidwatson1460]

Bless you, i can only go through Flying Sparks Garage withdraw so many times LOL. This car is really coming together and you guys are doing an awesome job. Already excited for the next video.

[@JosephRozum]

Good Evening Family , I am so glad to see you again today and I hope you are doing well and having a great day today Beautiful Lady 😊 !

[@marvinm9408]

It’s looking good.

[@arnolau]

Aaron, YOU ARE AN ALL AROUND KNOWLEDGEABLE AND KNOW EVERYTHING , GREAT PERSON !! BUT I LOVE EMILY !!❤ WONDERFUL, SWEET, and GREAT TO WATCH COUPLE !!!!

[@Crash-549-vh1]

Looking good coming along won’t be long you’ll be looking at the final stages an then it will be finished all the memories an the final payoff. Keep on keeping on

[@wrightsublette1701]

You guys Rock! Your such insperation for me to want to build too

[@mikesahrle9535]

A Tanya Harding should fix that angle issue.

[@midgeblair5146]

Good job guys

[@bp4887]

The play in the end of the tape measure should be the thickness of the metal clip at the end so if you hook it over something it is pulled out but if you push it against something it pushes in and either was you get the correct measurement. It is not loose, it is designed in for better accuracy.

[@danielfoster2339]

Great job guys!! Always fun to watch! 🎉🎉

[@keith455]

Congrats on 300k subs.

[@flyingsparksgarage]

@@keith455 thanks!!!

[@howardnielsen6220]

Aaron and Emily. Alway s interesting watching you two thank you from an old car builder in La Pine Oregon

[@moverholt311]

40:40 Trim the forward edge of the bracket attached to the frame? Just a guess

[@moverholt311]

To flatten the bracket in towards the centerline of the car.

[@billinfallon2634]

I also have watched this post of the vlog 40:40 ... Curious, (if ya have one) use caliber and measure each side of the left & right brackets... If one is an ⅛ - ³/16 longer, this will throw the angel off. Yep, not a real mechanic (simple guy)... but a darn good carpenter - 1/32" can cause an awe sh*t moment... Ask me how I know that 😂🤣😠

[@joelmiller7]

I like this format of putting up what you are working on and how far you got on the work to be done

[@HermanCramer-bp4ls]

Looking so good. Enjoyed the video.

[@GodisgoodLeoIneke]

Thanks for the video ✌️ you are awesome together ❤love watching 💯

[@muuan_juha]

A cross line laser level could be handy.

[@hughrs]

You 2 do a great job period.... imo, I do this kind of stuff to and it takes time and you have to think things through ( as you know ) when people what videos and then judge real gets me upset, it's easy to judge something your watching.... "do you work and then come talk to me" as the saying goes

[@richardturk7162]

Well done

[@trevormyrus7981]

"Gasoline Forever." Great shirt.

[@juanrubio1616]

Good job 👏

[@billgoble6209]

Love the way you are pushing out the videos.

[@seandayma]

Great progress.

[@user-kd2vk3dv9m]

They should give you guys music awards frickin the best

[@x35mmman]

I just LOVE the gasoline forever t shirt

[@josephvantreeck2989]

you two are doin just great!

[@xozindustries7451]

Good work guys, I’m excited to see your progress. The only problem I see that I have also run into is that the leaf springs will get longer as it compresses so hopefully it will still center in the wheel well, but like you said you have adjustment in the 4 links. I ran into that when I built my gasser

[@ravennexusmh]

the play is the tape measure is there on purpose to accomodate the thickness of the end tab depending on which side of the tab your using it

[@danl981]

Aaron the play in the tape measure is so if you hook it over the edge of something vs pushing it against the surface you get the right measurement. Example measuring an inside corner of a steel frame then hooking the tape on a steel pipe you want to cut. The play is the exact thickness of the hook on the tape!

[@Jamesoxendine1]

Whenever flying sparks garage posts it is always a great day! Thank you so much for the great work and so much effort put in love ya'll! -Jaxon-

[@edl5074]

Nice work !!

[@earlarthur9378]

AARON!!! The play in the tape measure is intentional. The play equals the thickness of the metal tip. That way when you are measuring wood from the inside or the outside the play makes up for the 1/64" or 1/32" metal tip. That's why "they all do that". I'm 54 years old and I fricken only learned that about three years ago.

[@joesgarage321]

Great to see the work being done! What phone case does Aaron have? Having it “stick” for easy instructions reading is great!

[@flyingsparksgarage]

Yessss they are badass cases!!! Rokform is the brand!!

[@douglasvidra]

You guys blow me away you two are doing an amazing job I couldn't do half the stuff Aaron is figuring out. Good Good job Aaron and Emily girl you can weld Good job. I loved the video. See you on the next one 🙏✌️☄️☄️R. BkKTS.

[@robwigglezz944]

There are kits to locate the leaf springs up into the frame to give you more tire clearance also. If that was something you guys looked into. Looking good can't wait for more updates

[@rickydonahue1586]

Em I hope you didn't bonk your head too hard. If I work with anything above my head I swear I need a hardhat or by the time I'm done my head is all covered in lumps. I'm thinking you have something there with the frame being a little bit off. Maybe grind the bracket a little to match your angle? Y'all's weld's look good me I'm the grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain't kinda guy. They hold but they ain't pretty!😂 Love and hugs from Waco.😁

[@elwoodsummersjr596]

Wow that 4 link looks great, you two are so awesome, great work, and of course Emily is as beautiful as ever, lots of love from pa ❤❤❤

[@darrelkinney9856]

Wow going for it , friend of mine has the same set up on his 55 , narrow 10 bolt 4 link designed for a try five Chevy. Lots of measurements marks .

[@VWJawbreaker]

Looks good!! 🤙

[@JohnBaker-ks8rd]

The play in the end of ur tape measure is there so u can get the same measurment on an inside measure or an outside measure, if u notice the play is the exact same amount as the thickness of the tip

[@JK-gn6qr]

Yard work ... Ugg! But, on the plus side ... it's all cleaned up now for the 'toys' to sit pretty in. No Finley this episode, what's up with that too? 😹

[@daboenterprize8265]

Definitely going to be awesome ride🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@jimseals8659]

Miss Em, you will learn that welding can give you some bad UV burns on bare skin. Just Sayin' Be safe

[@salzar4431]

I don’t think this was a live stream, if she did get any skin irritation it will have been long before this video was edited and uploaded. Anyone know from experience how well closing your eyes works? I’ve heard the UV can pass through eyelids and cause damage, I’ve never had any obvious symptoms.

[@adamchaffee6536]

Hearing your frustration with the "slop" in the end of the tape measure makes me a little embarrassed for you. You are so genuine and honest. Keep up the great projects.

[@milthopper6780]

Punching out the episodes one after the other. 👍♥️

[@shanewright6958]

Another great video 👍👍