Wanted.... Balljoint front beam

Started by Peter, April 27, 2013, 11:23:55 AM

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Peter

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It can be left or right hand drive, and in really good condition.

Anybody got one  :)

Thanks
Peter
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Peter

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Or............ :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

I have been thinking, I have hydraulics at work, its only thin wall tubing, do you
think I could straighten mine out ? I do  ;-)up

If a hydraulic press isn't the right shape or something silly, I may try to just put a slit in the tubes,
ease them into a straight line and then weld them back up...

Thoughts....

Beams are regularly chopped in half and adjusters welded in, so I will have a think about giving it a go...

I hit a car two years ago and have only just discovered that the beam is bent by
about 8mm rearwards on the nearside.

Peter
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Peter

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Been having thoughts about this and am going to either straighten it out or slit the beam tubes, align and re-weld.

I shall make two close fitting inserts for the tubes, each will have a 14mm reamed hole through their centres....

I will then use a piece of ground 14mm diameter bar inserted into the good side of the beam through
the insert. The other end can then be tweaked until the bar aligns and slides freely through both inserts.....

Job done  ;-)up

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