Yeah Mike I've seen those weird double plates and I think my donor beetle has them. If the clearance isn't all that much, then I have no problem having fun with a sledge hammer and putting a welded ring around the dent to prevent fatigue cracking and the like. If it's not that much clearance that is needed, grinding and welding seems overkill. I believe if I put the pan up on saw horses, I could slide my shop press over the horns and using a piece of shaft as a mandrel, could probably just press the indentation in. 20 tons oughta do it dontcha think? :)
NQ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <[email protected]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 2:23 PM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Swingaxle to IRS conversion > Hot Vw's did an article on this recently. The frame horns are a major > structural member and can be kinda flexy, so I'd recommend beating the > dents > into the tops and seam-welding the sides for added strength. If you do > cut > out and weld-in pieces, make them thick and seam-weld them good and > strong, > so as not to weaken the assembly. > The torsions could be the same, depending on which style late plates that > you're using. There are late double-plates that use different torsions > and > endcaps. > > Mike B. > > -----Original Message----- > From: No Quarter > Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 1:28 PM > To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List > Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Swingaxle to IRS conversion > > Doesn't sound like that would be too hard. I could use a grinder, > clearance > the horns, and weld in a piece of metal that was kind of radiused and > indented. I'd be doing this conversion on a pan without the body so it > wouldn't be a big deal. It would be nice to be able to title the car with > the original stock pan. Then I assume I just need the spring plates, > trailing arms, etc. Are the splined torsion springs the same on swing axle > as they are on IRS? > > NQ > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
