>At 11:34 AM 5/23/99 -0400, Jeff Webster wrote:
>>Hi gang,
>>Well I have discovered (when I tried to replace my doors) that I too have
>>the 'kicked-up' chassis at the back on the passenger side. I have located
>>the crack right behind the brake drum and cleaned it all up ready to be
>>fish-plated. The question I have is this:
>>Have any of you, who have dealt with this problem discovered a 'home style'
>>way of bending the last two foot of chassis back into place? Obviously you
>>can place a jack stand under the kink, but how to I get the leverage
>>required - me jumping up and down on the bumper is not enough? I have a
>>floor jack, a scissors jack, but no long lengths of 'I' Beam - any ideas?
Jeff,
It might be easier to trailer the chassis to a frame shop and let them
streighten it.
The other possibility is to apply a lot of heat to the area to make it
easier to bend.
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
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