Erin, I don't believe the saw horses could take it! :o)
Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "No Quarter" <[email protected]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 12:41 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
