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Old 3rd February 2011, 08:57 PM
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Default Roll bar horizontal and stays

Picking up 5m of erw tube to complete my roll bar horizontal and stays ..its 38.1mm OD i want to run the rear stays to the lower rear corners and weld them to 100mm x 100 x 3mm plates bolted to plates welded to the tub corners...if that makes sense ...that would give me 16 bolts and allow the roll bar to be removed....my only concern is getting a decent weld between the thin CDS tubing and my roll bar mounting plates...has anybody got any advice ...or even better piccys....sure i have seen this done on one of the many build diarys i have read somewhere !!!
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Old 3rd February 2011, 09:12 PM
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that would give me 16 bolts and allow the roll bar to be removed....
Thats how I did mine too , I,ve got some photos, I,ll have a dig about in my photo,s & post up what I have,

Just got home & having dinner, so give me an hour or so

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Old 3rd February 2011, 09:19 PM
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Did the same as H A and cut holes in the top and lower mounting plates to sit the tube through and weld inside and out.
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Old 3rd February 2011, 09:24 PM
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Cheers Andy enjoy !! Fly out of interest did the hole in the plate take much fettering to compensate for the angle of the tube ?
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Cheers Andy enjoy !! Fly out of interest did the hole in the plate take much fettering to compensate for the angle of the tube ?
No not really, tho it probably took more time getting the angle right before welding, tho I must admit it did take a couple of goes, but got there in the end.

Just going thru my photos.....theres alot of em

Have you welded in your cross bar into your roll hoop yet? reason I ask is ...it helps if you have the seats at hand to get the height of your harness mounts correct.

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Old 3rd February 2011, 10:37 PM
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Here.s a couple of pics, hope its what you were looking for ?





please excuse the wiring was still at the "fitting out " stage.

hope it helps.

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