geofff Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 Hi, I'm after rear rose joints (knackered is fine) and front ball joints for my independant car rolling chassis. This is just so I can get it on the floor and roll it round whilst i'm working on the live axle car - space issue! I'm not after knew stuff because I'll be renewing bushes on the wishbones / dressing the uprights etc... so it'll all come apart (which may well knacker the ball joints given my hammer abuse nature) and the budget is going on new body and exhaust for the live axle car at the moment. Obviously when it all goes together properly i'll be binning the used kit and putting brand new joints on. So I really do just want knackered crap which will give me a rolling indpendent chassis / table for storage of bits of the live axle car Ta Geoff
dern Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 If you get no joy with that you could knock up something like the rolling table I made to build my locost on... ...you wooden't (see what I did there ) need to add the flat base and you could use roof beam wood from your local jewsons which are cheap and the castors I have are roughly 150Kg load each and are from screwfix. Mark
geofff Posted February 7, 2006 Author Posted February 7, 2006 Hi Mark, Unfortunately I have used a block of wood to seal against the cantilever garage door. This would be a bit of a barrier to castors. Not to mention the ramp up to the door Worst case scenario I'll hit the credit card for rose joints and a "gentle" ball joint splitter tool.... And some nylon bushes ......And some bearings for the ali hubs.....And................ Ta Geoff
adhawkins Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 a "gentle" ball joint splitter tool I've got one of them you can borrow should you need it. Andy
geofff Posted February 7, 2006 Author Posted February 7, 2006 Thanks Andy. Actually I think these weren't that much anyway. More the cost of rose joints Ta Geoff
dern Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 Unfortunately I have used a block of wood to seal against the cantilever garage door. This would be a bit of a barrier to castors. Not to mention the ramp up to the door Ah... second hand hovercraft then... that'd be a laugh... sorry, bored at work. Good luck, Mark
geofff Posted February 7, 2006 Author Posted February 7, 2006 Hi Mark, I notice you are building a locost. How doeas that compare to the sEight? Did you build that one as well? Ta Geoff
dern Posted February 7, 2006 Posted February 7, 2006 I notice you are building a locost. How doeas that compare to the sEight? Did you build that one as well? Erm... I bought the westfield because the locost was taking so long to build although I haven't done much in the last year . I've got some time off work soon though so will be kick starting the build again and will be building up the suspension and drive train. I've seen the chap on telly build a westfield so compared to that it appears to be substantially more labour intensive. I built my own chassis but you can buy one if you like. The way I figured it there was a fair bit of fabrication to do anyway so in for a penny, in for a pound. There's load of support through the builders web site but everyone has done thir build in a different way so you have to be pretty confident. I've no idea if I have the skill to finish it but I'm enjoying doing it, learning loads and now I have the westfield to play with don't feel in as much of a hurry to get it done so I can take my time. Regards, Mark
geofff Posted February 8, 2006 Author Posted February 8, 2006 Hi Mark, Did you have any welding ability before the start of the build? Ta Geoff
dern Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 Did you have any welding ability before the start of the build? No, none. I bought a clarke turbo se, a book on welding and some box section and started welding up these cubes... ...and attacking them with slegdge hammers and cutting the welds open to see if I got decent penetration. It really isn't that difficult (to weld, not break the cubes ). Edited to add: you're only in swindon, pop over and have a go at welding one weekend if you like. Regards, Mark
geofff Posted February 8, 2006 Author Posted February 8, 2006 Hi Mark, I'm obviously very slow at welding......I've been doing two hours one night a week welding course (Arc & mig) for about 40 weeks (1.5 years) and I still don't feel confident enough to go for it I called it a day a few weeks back as I wasn't progressing. Mind you I don't have the room in the garage at the moment for another project. I think when I have some space I might do a Ron Champion go kart as a stepping stone to a car chassis. Ta Geoff
dern Posted February 8, 2006 Posted February 8, 2006 I'm obviously very slow at welding......I've been doing two hours one night a week welding course (Arc & mig) for about 40 weeks (1.5 years) and I still don't feel confident enough to go for it I called it a day a few weeks back as I wasn't progressing. Mind you I don't have the room in the garage at the moment for another project. I think when I have some space I might do a Ron Champion go kart as a stepping stone to a car chassis. I've never done arc but it looks difficult. I did oxy at school but I could never get the hang of it. I didn't find mig too difficult once you get all the settings right. I was going to do a welding course but could never get on one and I was worried that what I learned in a 2 hour lesson would be forgotten by the next lesson or I'd spend all the time dicking about with settings etc so I just bought the welder (and an automatic mask - a boon) as I could always ebay it again if I didn't get on with it. A week of evenings and a couple of weekends saw me progress from setting fire to my head and the garage to creating lovely looking welds that broke when you fart to blowing holes through the steel and getting molten steel down your sleeve to decent enough welds and then I just went for it Anytime you want to have a look at my chassis and/or have a pop on my welder or just want to see what I think is an acceptable weld then just let me know. It's a very satisfying (but long winded) process Regards, Mark
geofff Posted February 8, 2006 Author Posted February 8, 2006 Hi Mark, I completely agree with I was worried that what I learned in a 2 hour lesson would be forgotten by the next lesson or I'd spend all the time dicking about with settings etc I may take you up on the offer to come and look at your chassis / welding. Only after I've got the racer together for the up coming season though. Too many distractions at the moment Ta Geoff
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