Doug, one thing I do remember, do not heat the axle to bend it. You could
probably use a hydraulic press and a flat steel table (for checking
straightness) to get it back to "real close" which is about as good as most
are anyway. We just came in from working on deuce no. 2 and it has a P&J front
axle- dropped 2". Beam non-plated axles are cheep. Maybe a good idea. Then
again, you could install it backwards and hit another curb straight on at 10
mph!!!! :)
John
----- Original Message -----
From: ardunbill@webtv.net
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 11:53 AM
To: boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Bent Deuce Front axles and U
Doug, for what it's worth I understand standard practice in the Ford
dealers service depts. in the beam-axle days was to use factory-approved
bending tackle to correct axles that were tweaked and get them into
correct alignment specs again. Since obviously there was no adjustment
for caster or camber provided. I seem to recall that the axles were
made of forged 4130, clearly they needed to be very tough.<br
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