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don.ville 
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| rizzag wrote: |
******this only works this way on early beams with bakelite bushings(63 and earlier i believe) later beams(64 to 67) with needle bearings have a ledge behind them and can not be knocked in the beam******
just didnt want someone with a later beam getting into something they cant finish or worse.
jeff |
Can I do the above and use the bushings that Wagenswest sells for a 67 beam?
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Glenn A
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| Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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| don.ville wrote: |
Can I do the above and use the bushings that Wagenswest sells for a 67 beam? |
Nates Bushings will fit in the tube after You remove the bearings or bushings. If your beam had bearings You would also have to pull the bearing race off of the trailing arm. There are four of them.
I think the area where the bearing sits is wider. You may have to narrow the beam a bit by cutting off that end piece,
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technowar
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| I know this is a lame question.. How did you cut the beam? |
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Glenn A
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| I know this is a lame question.. How did you cut the beam? |
I gave up on cutting old beams. It's easier to build a new one using the old one for the centerpin mount.
But a grinder with a cutoff wheel and a sawzall will work. Plazma cutter helps too.
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technowar
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| I know this is a lame question.. How did you cut the beam? |
I gave up on cutting old beams. It's easier to build a new one using the old one for the centerpin mount.
But a grinder with a cutoff wheel and a sawzall will work. Plazma cutter helps too. |
Mind asking how you can make a new beam from the old beam? |
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VWsArent4Hippies
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| technowar wrote: |
| Glenn A wrote: |
| technowar wrote: |
| I know this is a lame question.. How did you cut the beam? |
I gave up on cutting old beams. It's easier to build a new one using the old one for the centerpin mount.
But a grinder with a cutoff wheel and a sawzall will work. Plazma cutter helps too. |
Mind asking how you can make a new beam from the old beam? |
Buy new tubing and sideplates. Then use your centerpin housing and center blocks from your old beam. |
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Spanner67
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| Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 10:16 am Post subject: The idiot book/look.... |
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| There are some of us out there...not me...er...well...some of us that know nothing about machining/narrowing/lowering, etc. But do have some welding skills. Is there current information on how to get kits to do the adjustable beam instead of ordering one? All sorts of other questions. Narrowing two inches seems simple enough....but...Does the idiot book simplify some of these issues? Where can a person get one of those? |
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