Howdy, ya'll from the grat Mojave desert...
been following the thred on bent front axle. Never owned a car with a beam
axle but seems to me that a fore and aft bend would require only a
realignment of toe in - out. Much more critical would be a twist which would
affect the caster angle and a bend up and down in the axle plane would cause
camber issues. So runninginto a curb does not seem overly hard to correct.
Just align it.
mayf the ignorant
----- Original Message -----
From: "JOHN BACKUS" <34ford@msn.com>
To: "ardunbill" <ardunbill@webtv.net>; "boogiewoogie12"
<boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>; "land-speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: Bent Deuce Front axles and U
> 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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