Might require some thought as to keeping the CV perpendicular to the horns when you start pressing so it does not want to kick out sideways. Perhaps a bracket that bolts to the press somehow?
Ray -----Original Message----- From: No Quarter <[email protected]> To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, Apr 3, 2011 4:39 pm Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Swingaxle to IRS conversion Now you're talking! I'll just press the indent with an old CV! Thanks for the idea! NQ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 3:27 PM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Swingaxle to IRS conversion > Would be great to use an old cv or something similar to press a rounded > indent into the horns so as to get a nice round indent without any stress > points where cracks might start? > > I'd bet Bill May has some sort of ideas on that?? > > Ray > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: No Quarter <[email protected]> > To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, Apr 3, 2011 3:41 pm > Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Swingaxle to IRS conversion > > > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
