Shop Recommendation in Orange County For Pitman Arm Modification

[thefladge]

Hello,

I need a pitman arm reamed for Ford tie rod ends and gusseted for extra strength.

I'm looking for recommendations for a good fabrication shop in Orange County CA.

This is what I need done:

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1957 Vintage Baja Bug.
2110cc engine, 40 IDF Webers on Gene Berg manifolds, Engle 110 cam, Bugpack 40×35.5 Street Pro Heads, W8CC plugs, 12.5 pound Flywheel, Kennedy 1700 pound pressure plate.

[thefladge]

...preferably near Anaheim.
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1957 Vintage Baja Bug.
2110cc engine, 40 IDF Webers on Gene Berg manifolds, Engle 110 cam, Bugpack 40×35.5 Street Pro Heads, W8CC plugs, 12.5 pound Flywheel, Kennedy 1700 pound pressure plate.

[thefladge]

...or anyplace in Orange County.
Doesn't have to be Anaheim.
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1957 Vintage Baja Bug.
2110cc engine, 40 IDF Webers on Gene Berg manifolds, Engle 110 cam, Bugpack 40×35.5 Street Pro Heads, W8CC plugs, 12.5 pound Flywheel, Kennedy 1700 pound pressure plate.

[DesertSasquatchXploration]

In all reality rent is extremely high in OC I've found much better folks in IE. I left Tustin and moved to Ontario its great out here. OC Hourly rate for custom work is easily 150 per hour. From my experience that's a 2 hour job. Your much better off finding a buddy. I have a small fab shop and plenty of raw material but I do not have a ford tie rod reamer.

[thefladge]

Again.
Looking for a fab shop in Orange County, CA.
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1957 Vintage Baja Bug.
2110cc engine, 40 IDF Webers on Gene Berg manifolds, Engle 110 cam, Bugpack 40×35.5 Street Pro Heads, W8CC plugs, 12.5 pound Flywheel, Kennedy 1700 pound pressure plate.

[thefladge]

Anyone?

Places I've checked with so far:
Penhall, Kartek, Jonny Lightning. None of them can help.

Nobody is answering the phone at Wicked Creations.
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1957 Vintage Baja Bug.
2110cc engine, 40 IDF Webers on Gene Berg manifolds, Engle 110 cam, Bugpack 40×35.5 Street Pro Heads, W8CC plugs, 12.5 pound Flywheel, Kennedy 1700 pound pressure plate.

[thefladge]

Found a place.

Thanks for the help, everyone.

🙄
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1957 Vintage Baja Bug.
2110cc engine, 40 IDF Webers on Gene Berg manifolds, Engle 110 cam, Bugpack 40×35.5 Street Pro Heads, W8CC plugs, 12.5 pound Flywheel, Kennedy 1700 pound pressure plate.

[John Ghia]

So who did you use?
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BUS BOYZ

[thefladge]

[Vanapplebomb]

Highly recommend welding on the gusset before teaming the tapers. You would be surprised how much things can warp.

You can test if it is a good fit by putting the tapered stud in the tapered hole, and giving the ball joint a gentle tap to seat the taper. It should stick on its own and not fall out.

As long as she sticks, your gold.
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1800 Type 4 Berrien 295

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=487021

[dustymojave]

[Busstom]

If I were to do something similar to this ^^^ but didn't have any intentions to ream up to a larger taper/bore, could I expect to control distortion by inserting a couple sacrificial BJ studs and torquing to spec to fill the holes and maintain dimension?

The scenario is, bay-window Bus swing lever (which is similar to a Pitman in that it has the two tie-rod attach points), but where the tie-rod attachment end would be cut off the lever and captured in a new bracket. This bracket would then be bolted to a Saco rack (which currently has the Tatum config with two widely-spaced 1/2" sleeves for heims).

I realize I have to consider any offset and increased moment/side loads on the rack and undue stress on the gear(s).
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My name's Steve and it's pronounced "Bust 'em" (cuz people think I'm Tom) 😏