Removing weld in roll cage, Any EZ way? Options

[Howard]

Selling the cage. What's the best way to remove it without trashing it or the car?

[dmenche914]

Sawzalls are good, but also I found a really neat tool for cutting thin/medium thicknes steel. It is a pneumatic recipicating saw, small but powerful little tool, fits right in the hand, you can very easily control it, and it can make tighter turns by far than the much larger sawzall. it is great for getting into tight places, and thus can make a very neat job of complicated cuts. It can cut nearly as fast, cause its ricipicating speed is many times higher. The power of the highspeed pnuematic saw per weight/size is better than any electric one. This means smaller and easier to control. So if you got a compressor, you might want to try one.

Mine I have had many years, purchansed at Price Club (what is now Costco) It is Allied brand, which makes knock offs of more expensive tools for discount stores. Dispite several car restorations of use, plus many other home uses, for at least a decade, this off brand sure has performed well. If your rollbar is welded in a tight corner like near the parking brake cable, you should be able to cut it pretty cleanly with one of these tools.

Sawzall's are great for fast easily accessible straighter cuts. They are a bit faster, so if that is what you are cutting, use the Sawzall, I one one of them also, it is a bit better suited for thicker stuff than than pnuematic, but dosen't handle as well, needs more space to manuver.

A pnuematic (o.k., I like airtools) cutoff wheel can be very handy in a job like this if you got welds on the car chassis you wish to remove. However downside is you got to protect the interior, and for heavens sake the windshield againt high speed chunks of firery metal and stone like disc fragments ejected the moment the disc touches the surface.

In a job like this you might require more than one tool.


Good Luck.