66 Dart GT HT Whatsitgonnabe?
I got the perfect excuse to test my welder today. The driver's side front coil spring on our Audi A4 broke the other day. I already have the spring (ordered two whe the other one broke last year) but I also knew I was in for some serious trouble getting the bolt that holds the upper control arms out. It seizes in the aluminum spindle like you wouldn't believe.
So I needed a press to get it out. And it turns out there was this contraption on the front clip I got from Ulf that I could use.
It was a foot steering wheel assembly added the the Swedish agent. The original owner apparently had a stroke, I believe, so they had this chain assembly added to the steering column.
A little oxy/acetylene heat and the plate material was "straight".
I used my brand new welding magnets to hold the bushing in place.
I used 220 amps initially but turned it down to 200.
That goes over the bolt head. Now all I needed to add was the threaded part.
I used the shaft from the same assembly, 19 mm diameter, and drilled it out to accept an M14x1.5 fine pitch center bolt from the CV joint I replaced a while back. Nice and strong. I had to add a slice of the plate material to make the two align, though.
A couple of attempts then they aligned well enough.
I burned trough the hollowed out rod so I turned it down to 150 amps. That was just right. After test fitment I had to move the thread back about 3/8" and grind off some of the bushing so I could get it in place with the seized bolt sticking out.
Ta-daa!
And here it is in action!. It turned out to be weakened enough by that big hole to bend under load, but I'll try to stiffen it up today.
I got the perfect excuse to test my welder today. The driver's side front coil spring on our Audi A4 broke the other day. I already have the spring (ordered two whe the other one broke last year) but I also knew I was in for some serious trouble getting the bolt that holds the upper control arms out. It seizes in the aluminum spindle like you wouldn't believe.
So I needed a press to get it out. And it turns out there was this contraption on the front clip I got from Ulf that I could use.
It was a foot steering wheel assembly added the the Swedish agent. The original owner apparently had a stroke, I believe, so they had this chain assembly added to the steering column.
A little oxy/acetylene heat and the plate material was "straight".
I used my brand new welding magnets to hold the bushing in place.
I used 220 amps initially but turned it down to 200.
That goes over the bolt head. Now all I needed to add was the threaded part.
I used the shaft from the same assembly, 19 mm diameter, and drilled it out to accept an M14x1.5 fine pitch center bolt from the CV joint I replaced a while back. Nice and strong. I had to add a slice of the plate material to make the two align, though.
A couple of attempts then they aligned well enough.
I burned trough the hollowed out rod so I turned it down to 150 amps. That was just right. After test fitment I had to move the thread back about 3/8" and grind off some of the bushing so I could get it in place with the seized bolt sticking out.
Ta-daa!
And here it is in action!. It turned out to be weakened enough by that big hole to bend under load, but I'll try to stiffen it up today.