From: "simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk" <simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk>
To: 'Healey List' <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 5, 2018 4:38 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Chassis seams
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question tonight?.Some time soonish I?m having a plate welded to the front
cross-member of my MkII?s chassis. (For jacking). I grovel under the car, as
best I can, and I wonder about the seam running down the centre of the chassis
members?..they bulge(?) downward/outwards. And that, presumably, will hinder
getting the plate on nice and flat.Now, is that seam a hollow bulge which, if
ground off flush, would cause the cross-member to split? Or, is the seam a
weld? ie the chassis is two U-sections welded together, top and bottom?.So, a
bit of judicious grinding wouldn?t hurt.If you see what I mean??Simon
My Interpretation on examination on my frame is that the seam is 'edge welded'
.. the two pieces of the frame were shaped/bent in a C section with
approximately 3/8" flanges on each edge.? These were then joined by welding
along the edge of these flanges.
Why not make a flat plate with a groove down it to fit on your jack to mate
with the frame ...the flange fitting in the groove flatly
stabilizing the jacking point in the process
Jim
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