Das Volks Vintage Volkswagen Gruppe

Nice!

Ken I hate to be the one to rain on your parade, but, those adjusters are backwards
Just Kidding, great job, these are the kind of builds I like. some cutting, some grinding, some welding and you're done. Keep up the good work dude.

very cool Ken. Can't wait to see it. Looks good so far.

Yesterday afternoon i wire wheeled and sanded the rust off the beam. Then i sand blasted the parts i had cut off. Next i welded everything back on in preperation of spalshing some paint on it today.

This morning i put on a coat of prime.

I also removed the other adjustable beam from the car in preperation for installing the new narrowed beam.

Pre sand blasting



post Sand blasting



Beam cleaned, ready to weld mounting brackets, steering stop and steering damper mount.











in prime

Nice Ken.....you've definitely up'ed your skillz.

Glenn wrote:Nice Ken.....you've definitely up'ed your skillz.

Thanks, but i'll feel better when it is in the car and it rolls straight!!

Brown wrote:

Glenn wrote:Nice Ken.....you've definitely up'ed your skillz.

Thanks, but i'll feel better when it is in the car and it rolls straight!!

Getting technical now, I see.

Thoughts on methods of shortening the tie rods?

i read one place to cut them in the middle and reweld them, and another place said to cut some off the end and then extend the threads by tapping it.

Thanks

looks nicer in black







Shortened Torsion bars



Drilling new dimple in torsion bars - Metal is very hard...not making alot of progress



Car in waiting!!

I have to comment on this , you finally have a driver and what's the first thing you do ? Remove the beam and take it off the road ! You are one of a kind my friend ...

Tom wrote:I have to comment on this , you finally have a driver and what's the first thing you do ? Remove the beam and take it off the road ! You are one of a kind my friend ...

That is a very fair comment, however in my defense... I did not like the way the front end looked so high in the air so i decided to install an adjustable front end i had, which would have been a quick job. THen i figured while i am replacing the beam i would install the front disk brakes i picked up at Englishtown last year, unfortunately as luck would have it i needed to replace the calipers. So while i waited fro the calipers to come in the mail i figured i would make a narrowed adjustable beam. The calipers are expected in on the 30th, so with the progress i am making it should be back together when the calipers get here.

With any luck i'll be rolling up to the CRW fundraiser in my bug.

Nice Work Ken...

looking good... some cutting oil might help the dimple process?

I drilled the dimples in the shortened torsion bars. I used a 1/8 " bit to drill a pilot hole and then enlarged larged it with a 3/16 " bit. Then I used a tappered bit to drill the dimple. Slow speed on the drill press and some cutting oil to keep the bits cool.

Last thing left to do is to shorten the tierods and install it.

Here's the results.

gotboost79 wrote:looking good... some cutting oil might help the dimple process?

That it did!!!

Ken... you're my hero.

Glenn wrote:Ken... you're my hero.

Now i can die a happy man!!

Brown wrote:

Glenn wrote:Ken... you're my hero.

Now i can die a happy man!!

What... no confidence in your workmanship?

Nice work Ken. You'll be happy as shit to say you did it yourself. I was wondering why Tom pulled the door panels out of a bus he just bought. I guess for the same reason you are building your beam.

Glenn A wrote:Nice work Ken. You'll be happy as shit to say you did it yourself. I was wondering why Tom pulled the door panels out of a bus he just bought. I guess for the same reason you are building your beam.

Was this a shot ? ouch !

Tom wrote:

Glenn A wrote:Nice work Ken. You'll be happy as shit to say you did it yourself. I was wondering why Tom pulled the door panels out of a bus he just bought. I guess for the same reason you are building your beam.

Was this a shot ? ouch !

Yup.

Tom wrote:I have to comment on this , you finally have a driver and what's the first thing you do ? Remove the beam and take it off the road ! You are one of a kind my friend ...

Glenn A wrote:

Tom wrote:

Glenn A wrote:Nice work Ken. You'll be happy as shit to say you did it yourself. I was wondering why Tom pulled the door panels out of a bus he just bought. I guess for the same reason you are building your beam.

Was this a shot ? ouch !

Yup.

Tom wrote:I have to comment on this , you finally have a driver and what's the first thing you do ? Remove the beam and take it off the road ! You are one of a kind my friend ...

Damn... "Bus People" will eat their own kind.

Glenn wrote:

Glenn A wrote:[quote="Tom
Yup.

Tom wrote:I have to comment on this , you finally have a driver and what's the first thing you do ? Remove the beam and take it off the road ! You are one of a kind my friend ...

Damn... "Bus People" will eat their own kind.

Tom's a newbee bus guy so i guess they eat their young!!

Glenn A wrote:Nice work Ken. You'll be happy as shit to say you did it yourself. I was wondering why Tom pulled the door panels out of a bus he just bought. I guess for the same reason you are building your beam.

Thank you for coming to my defense.

Us beam narrowing guys need to stick together!

Either way, Both of their projects are better than what I'm doing right now. Which is nothing.