Stop in for a cup of coffee
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Morning everyone. Jared and Lou on Carfix show are redoing a front suspension on a 65 Barracuda. They clamped vise grips on the torsion bars and pounded on them. Thought that was no - no!!
It is. They don't know.
Ehhhhh...Chevy Guys..............
zkx14
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Are they scrapping/replacing them? I used vise grip over copper sheet on mine.
I turned it on after I saw your post. I can see where they scraped up the T bars, as they were putting them back....
No they reused them, you can see the damage. What you did is Ok as long as the pinch didn't slide and scrape up the bars...
Yup. Heavy peice of scrap leather on the original /6 bars. It was a desert car - they came out easy.
Have I ever mentioned that its a mistake to paint the hex ends?
Don't ask me how I know this...
zkx14
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The chimney goes up inside the garage. So its draining outside the foundation, under the garage floor. There is a drain pipe around the foundation. I have a couple floor drains that go into it. Thinking maybe they ran it under the garage too?
What could possibly go wrong with some nicks in spring?
zkx14
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why?
Makes em hard to install, Too tight......
I immediately thought you cant do that and figured they would use new ones but you could definitely see the tooth slide marks on them when they went back in.
zkx14
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I painted mine. Don't recall any problem....
Exactly. And even more difficult to remove.
Basically, its a matter of too much paint, just a dusting will be fine...
if they went easy in, don't worry about it.
zkx14
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There in there now and ain't trying to remove them any time soon. LOL
Miniature example of what happens when there are nicks, cuts, or pits and the metal is twisted back and forth.
The stresses in the reduced section are high, and highest where there is an abrupt discontinuity.
engine shop thought these would be OK. Wrong.
This one didn't make the first thousand miles.
zkx14
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Anybody want to build a 4 wheel cart? Put away that welder. You don't need it! 
Forward to 1:30...
Forward to 1:30...
I cannot wait for the test ride!
Anybody want to build a 4 wheel cart? Put away that welder. You don't need it!
Should put it on the torsion bars they nicked up for the TV show..
dukeboy440
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Well strike me as wrong. I just thought the bolt broke off, it didn’t, it pulled itself out of the threads it appears. Can’t seem to locate the bolt but the hole has no threads left...
The corner of the block is busted. I stuck the piece back in but it’s toast
The corner of the block is busted. I stuck the piece back in but it’s toast
Break through to the inside? Water or oil passages?
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