mayf,
Here is my thought. every winter I get bunches of curb shot vehicles in the
shop.
The slightest impact can make a huge difference in how the vehicle is aligned. I
get them in saying I hit the curb doing 10-15 mph. And usually when they say
they
hit a curb at 10-15 mph then the probably actually hit it at 30 mph. And when it
goes on the machine its .75 - 1.25 degrees off in the toe angle with nothing
bent. Now if something is actually bent it would be common that the angles are
so
far out that it would be impossible to align correctly without causing a problem
somewhere else.. Tie Rod ends only travel so far, it aint going to happen.
Jonathan Amo (who's just a yougin and waiting to be scolded by the elders)
DrMayf wrote:
> Howdy, ya'll from the grat Mojave desert...
> been following the thred on bent front axle. Never owned a car with a beam
> axle but seems to me that a fore and aft bend would require only a
> realignment of toe in - out. Much more critical would be a twist which would
> affect the caster angle and a bend up and down in the axle plane would cause
> camber issues. So runninginto a curb does not seem overly hard to correct.
> Just align it.
> mayf the ignorant
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "JOHN BACKUS" <34ford@msn.com>
> To: "ardunbill" <ardunbill@webtv.net>; "boogiewoogie12"
> <boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com>; "land-speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 8:49 PM
> Subject: Re: Bent Deuce Front axles and U
>
> > Doug, one thing I do remember, do not heat the axle to bend it. You could
> > probably use a hydraulic press and a flat steel table (for checking
> > straightness) to get it back to "real close" which is about as good as
> most
> > are anyway. We just came in from working on deuce no. 2 and it has a P&J
> front
> > axle- dropped 2". Beam non-plated axles are cheep. Maybe a good idea. Then
> > again, you could install it backwards and hit another curb straight on at
> 10
> > mph!!!! :)
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: ardunbill@webtv.net
> > Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 11:53 AM
> > To: boogiewoogie12@hotmail.com; land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Re: Bent Deuce Front axles and U
> >
> >
> > Doug, for what it's worth I understand standard practice in the Ford
> > dealers service depts. in the beam-axle days was to use factory-approved
> > bending tackle to correct axles that were tweaked and get them into
> > correct alignment specs again. Since obviously there was no adjustment
> > for caster or camber provided. I seem to recall that the axles were
> > made of forged 4130, clearly they needed to be very tough.<br
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