Sleeving a 2WD beam
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chris_amrein
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It should be 2" OD with about .030 turned down off the OD. I have made a couple out of 2" x .250 wall. I know of at least one Jeepspeed racer that used 1.75" OD but that's a little loosey-goosey for my tastes.
Larrythedog
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You should probably drill some holes in the stock beam and rosette weld (plug weld) the tube to the beam as well. I would start towards the center and work out.
FatCity
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Rooky....:sure:
J/K
Aircraft Spruce in Corona has 1-7/8 .188 wall chromoly that you can buy by the foot.
Slides right in nice and snug on the 2WD beam.
chris_amrein
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Snug like a hot dog in a hallway??? Nothing is as rewarding as spending 4 hours trying to machine down material on an old out-of-round lathe with worn out tooling.
Actually I'd have gone the Aircraft Spruce route too if I had done my homework.
Actually I'd have gone the Aircraft Spruce route too if I had done my homework.
FatCity
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tbburg
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- Scottsdale AZ
I was looking at Swanty Racing's class 7 MJ a couple months back. They used (I think) a piece of 3/8", might have been 1/4", flat stock. 'Slid through the beam, positioned vertically, then sliced and welded the top and bottom of the beam. Sort of an internal gusset. Seemed like a lot of work, but they were beating the crap out of that truck, on 35"s, in SCORE competition. Looks like it was holding up pretty good, with no external gusset.
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