Any threads about welding the rear frame back in?

[busboyjake]

I'm about to weld a rear tortion housing back into a '69 bus that had it cut out for a rail, trike or irs conversion. Anyone done this before? Pics?
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[JaimeH]

Try searching for Torsion Tube. I know BusDaddy did a pretty good write up on it.
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[JaimeH]

Try searching for Torsion Tube. I know BusDaddy did a pretty good write up on it.
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[busdaddy]

Well, that was a repair to the frame where it rots around the tube, it sounds like Jake's is missing completely and laying nearby on the floor.

There was a few threads in the split bus forum doing the de-buggy donor thing, but I just can't find them at the moment.

Is the donor part from the same bus?, or another?, are there any body remnants on the part that could serve as reference points before you grind them off?
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[lil-jinx]

this may held with lining it up
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7697704#7697704
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[SGKent]

I'd have a friend bring a bay over and fabricate a quality alignment jig using the other bus, then clamp it to yours to hold the parts while you weld them up. Set it on a 2nd bus to fine tune it before you use it on yours. Once you have it you could sell it to the next guy doing the same job.
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[Wildthings]

Just find another bus body in decent shape and transfer your mechanical over.

[BusLust]

I did that repair on my 1970 single cab. Its not the prettiest thing, but the repair is strong. Starts on page 3.
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=678196&highlight=meet+1970+woodstock
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[busboyjake]

I have a complete donor bus that had a bad cabin fire. My plan is to clean up the site on the red bus by making the burned edges on each surface into an identical geometrical slice that I can transfer to the donor. Then I'll weld up a few braces to locate the graft into proper position on the red bus (distance from the jackpoint, floor, etc.) Next, I'll weld a sleeve into the frame rail on the red bus. Then, I'll lift it up, measure again and weld away. I'll try to snap a few pics.

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[Busstom]

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[busboyjake]

Started here:

The first time it's been off of the ground in probably 18 years.

The donor

The jagged ends

Cut and sleeved

That's as far as we got today

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[Manfred58sc]

Thanks for posting, some Bus's were sacrificed to build trikes back in the day no doubt. I have to same task ahead of me on a 69 Westy, not in a huge hurry to tackle that one.
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[Busstom]

bb-jake, aren't you going to sandblast that donor section before grafting?