Rear Trailing Arms, Reinforcements to Resist Twisting |
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Rear Trailing Arms, Reinforcements to Resist Twisting |
Heater Guy |
May 6 2016, 10:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 74 Joined: 20-October 09 From: Walnut Creek, CA Member No.: 10,960 Region Association: Northern California |
Lamont Welding & Fabrication in Antioch, CA (925) 754-7824 has a fixture to modify trailing arms. It holds the trailing arm in the correct stock alignment.
He mounts the trailing arm in the fixture, cuts it in half and welds in a 1/8" rectangular plate. The 1/8" plate helps to reduce twisting deformation by breaking the twisting length of the arm into two lengths instead of one long length. The charge is $80.00 per trailing arm. I just had my trailing arms reinforced. This reinforcing method is better than plating the arms with heavy sheet metal. |
J P Stein |
May 8 2016, 10:48 AM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
A cage/sub frame with the shock towers attached came to me later in the build...maybe 10 years into it. It's hard to explain to someone who's never done it, but it was the best move I ever made. The closest thing I could say was the car became a "piece".( which is meaningless to many)
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Randal |
May 8 2016, 11:15 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
A cage/sub frame with the shock towers attached came to me later in the build...maybe 10 years into it. It's hard to explain to someone who's never done it, but it was the best move I ever made. The closest thing I could say was the car became a "piece".( which is meaningless to many) By the way Thanks! JP for showing us newbies the importance of a complete cage, tied in from front to back. |
brant |
May 9 2016, 03:27 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,622 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
A cage/sub frame with the shock towers attached came to me later in the build...maybe 10 years into it. It's hard to explain to someone who's never done it, but it was the best move I ever made. The closest thing I could say was the car became a "piece".( which is meaningless to many) By the way Thanks! JP for showing us newbies the importance of a complete cage, tied in from front to back. unfortunately not legal for 99 percent of vintage racing organizations |
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