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splitface
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 Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:08 am Post subject: bus rotating tool - craddle |
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hello
because I cant find anything like this on this forum :
does anyone have some link or source with diameters how to make some frame to hold whole bus body by front axle and rear transaxle bolts and
rotate it to to be able to grind and repair lot of small rust issues on floors , chassis etc ... I think for few busses it will worth to make something like this
and many vwfolks must have done this ...
I have a bus in og paint and dont want to sandblast anything and change whole sections ...
thanks a lot for any info |
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Mr. Electric Wizard
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Location: Smyrna, TN
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 8:14 am Post subject: Re: bus rotating tool - craddle |
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hello
because I cant find anything like this on this forum :
does anyone have some link or source with diameters how to make some frame to hold whole bus body by front axle and rear transaxle bolts and
rotate it to to be able to grind and repair lot of small rust issues on floors , chassis etc ... I think for few busses it will worth to make something like this
and many vwfolks must have done this ...
I have a bus in og paint and dont want to sandblast anything and change whole sections ...
thanks a lot for any info |
Your looking for a "rotisserie".
Search on this term and you'll see some pretty sweet designs.
Definitely worth it, IMO.
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Clara 
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j.pickens
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The search word is "rotissierie".
Lots of info here:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=175412
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1...mp;start=0
Edit:
Geez, everybody beat me to it.
I hit Submit, and the other links were already above mine.
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