bartman
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Joined: February 22, 2004
Photos: 92
Location: palatka, fl
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| Frame head fix |
Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 3:49 pm Views: 77
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I tried to straighten my bent beam and tweaked frame head by chaining my baja to a tree and jerking against it in reverse. It worked but I pulled my frame head apart.
I repaired it by cutting out the damaged (and rusted, as it turned out) area, rebuilt the tubes through which the bolts get inserted, and bent a piece of new plate against which the beam sits.
I welded it all together and it works pretty good. It took a lot of mocking up and test fitting to get it right, and it's still off about 3/4" but, oh well, it's back on the road. I used through-bolts with nuts at the back to mount the beam. |
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