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Old 10-10-2014, 12:00 AM
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Haven't been able to touch the project in over a month, but got a bit of time this week when I was waiting for a part for something else I am working on.


So starting putting the frame together. First made some trestles with bits of scrap I had. The tops of the main ones were used previously as the braces between the rails when I fully welded in the boxing plates.


The frame was made perfectly level left to right and front to rear on the straight sections both at the rear and under the cab. Also across the top of the front suspension uprights and under the frame where the engine cradle bolts up as well.


Was good to see that the threaded inserts for the panhard rod mount all lined up perfectly. Can see the coil mounts in position ready to be fully welded too.


The rear cross member looks to be a good fit. Will have to bevel the joins to get full penetration of the welds.


Using a digital angle gauge to make things more accurate. It did show up that I had a twist in one of the rails in the front section. Looks like the bracing I had between the rails where it was straight worked perfectly, but needed more in the front section. A cross brace would have helped there.


Just using a propane torch to get the twist out of one frame rail. Advantage of using this is the maximum heat it can get up to is perfect for heat straightening without loosing tensile strength that you can get for going too hot.


To assist getting the twist out of the left rail in the picture, I have used a couple of turn buckles. Also notice that the other side I don't want effected has been braced onto the ground.


I heated along the the outside corner and the lower opposite inside corner to twist the frame inwards. It was 2.4 degrees out in total before I started and 0.1 degrees by the time I finished.
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