Well here are 2 pics of axle housings, one from Scotts camaro and the other from the DSE website. And the editorial from Scott installing his Quadralink. If I'm wrong I guess I'm in made the same mistakes as the masters.
INSTALLING THE BRACKETS ON THE HOUSING: The first step that I decided to take on was getting the brackets installed on the housing. With the Quadra-Link system, it's recommended that you set the pinion angle at negative 2*. I made a homemade jig by welding a pair of 6" angle iron standoffs to the top of my welding table. Using an angle finder, I set the pinion angle and tack welded it into place. The next step was to find the center of the housing. I measured my housing flange to flange, found the center and marked it on the welding table. From this point I measured out to find the centerline of the upper link/coilover axle mount (14.75") and the centerline of the lower link bracket (19.625"). Since my housing ends were already welded, I had to cut each of those 4 brackets so they could fit over the 3" axle tube. With the housing already set at a -2* pinion, the brackets are set with a level. I tack welded the brackets to the housing (being sure to use the included inside spacers to ensure the links will fit into the brackets after welding). Then I tack welded the cut pieces of the brackets back together. With all four brackets now tacked to the housing, the track bar bracket gets welded to the left lower link bracket. I should note that my tack welds were solid but minimal. I needed it to carry the weight of the car for mock up, yet I needed to be able to remove the brackets in case I ran into an unforeseen issue.
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