The front dadders brace is installed. The front half of the chassis is now very stiff, absolutely no flex. The rear brace however has to be sent back to dadders to be inspected and hopefully exchanged for a correct one. According to dadders, the new design does not connect to the center diff plate because he was getting results of that plate cracking. But the rear diff bolt hole offset by .020 inches should be corrected.
I shimmed the front steering arms with 8x6 kyosho shims. I had to use .5mm worth of shims on the left arm, and a .2mm shim underneath the factory .1mm shim on the right. Only thing left to shim is the axles behind the hubs.
I also tightened the ackerman screws, they were about one turn too loose from the factory. The steering slop is almost completely gone.
If I have some time this week, while the truck is apart I will fill the front and rear diffs with silicone oil. I am going to run 7K in the front and 3K in the rear for a baseline.