deezee
12th July 2009, 11:05 AM
Well after making a right royal mess (http://www.haynes.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=2221) of my rear suspension mounts. I decided to get off my lazy backside and fabricate new mounts make a new locating jig and fix it. Luckily I managed to remove the old mounts, despite being fully welded, without cutting into the chassis. It took 4 hours to grind off the old mounts, but saved damaging the box section. After all the grinding, I didn't have the motivation to bend the brackets in a vice, So I setup the press / folder and ran all 8 brackets through that.
Cos I'm a bit boring, I grabbed the camera while I did it. I even youtube'd a bit, gotta love that press....
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01OLBJhsmuM)
I cut out the profiles, made a centralising gauge for lining up the folds on the press
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3504/3711855887_4673fee4e8.jpg
150 tonne of pressure later
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3712668052_0fb11f048a.jpg
All the brackets + spares made. You can also see all the trial folds on scrap, before putting brackets in there. I then used a mounted scribe and a milling machine to put the hole in the right place.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2623/3711856023_e7f4111a26.jpg
All the brackets on the rear subframe. I made a jig that held the whole bunch of eight brackets the correct distances.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3467/3711856137_865cc5ffaf.jpg
Cos I'm a bit boring, I grabbed the camera while I did it. I even youtube'd a bit, gotta love that press....
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01OLBJhsmuM)
I cut out the profiles, made a centralising gauge for lining up the folds on the press
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3504/3711855887_4673fee4e8.jpg
150 tonne of pressure later
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3435/3712668052_0fb11f048a.jpg
All the brackets + spares made. You can also see all the trial folds on scrap, before putting brackets in there. I then used a mounted scribe and a milling machine to put the hole in the right place.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2623/3711856023_e7f4111a26.jpg
All the brackets on the rear subframe. I made a jig that held the whole bunch of eight brackets the correct distances.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3467/3711856137_865cc5ffaf.jpg