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I don’t want to poop in anyone’s build thread.
For years now here on mud I have been seeing guys who do vertical welds on a frame. Mostly I am talking about the 80-series chassis swaps on 60 & 70 series. Either in shortening or lengthening the frame.
I have tried a few times to say, hey you don’t want to splice that frame with vertical welds but it seems to fall on deaf ears.
You need to be doing 45* angles, cuts and welds when splicing a frame. It is hardly any more complex and is far safer.
Chassis mods is something that has been going on in the hot rod world for decades and decades. Most of the guys who really know what they are doing do a Z cut and splice. This is by far the best method.
So why don’t you want to do a vertical splice and weld? You are creating a stress point by doing this that can crack and fail.
Basic info here,
Now I don’t really care if a person screws up their own Cruiser by doing this. However, I got to share the road and trail with these guys and so do the rest of us. This is serious stuff modifying and splicing a frame, it really should be done right.
I don’t mean to or want to be asinine but come on! It is important to do a frame splice correct. It’s not that hard to just do it in a 45* and it is far stronger. There are countless articles you can read about this and even videos on YouTube explaining it all, the how and the why. So it’s hard for me to understand why people keep doing it.
Cheers
For years now here on mud I have been seeing guys who do vertical welds on a frame. Mostly I am talking about the 80-series chassis swaps on 60 & 70 series. Either in shortening or lengthening the frame.
I have tried a few times to say, hey you don’t want to splice that frame with vertical welds but it seems to fall on deaf ears.
You need to be doing 45* angles, cuts and welds when splicing a frame. It is hardly any more complex and is far safer.
Chassis mods is something that has been going on in the hot rod world for decades and decades. Most of the guys who really know what they are doing do a Z cut and splice. This is by far the best method.
So why don’t you want to do a vertical splice and weld? You are creating a stress point by doing this that can crack and fail.
Basic info here,
Chassis and subframe construction basics
Dr Tim outlines best-practice methods for chassis and subframe construction
www.whichcar.com.au
Now I don’t really care if a person screws up their own Cruiser by doing this. However, I got to share the road and trail with these guys and so do the rest of us. This is serious stuff modifying and splicing a frame, it really should be done right.
I don’t mean to or want to be asinine but come on! It is important to do a frame splice correct. It’s not that hard to just do it in a 45* and it is far stronger. There are countless articles you can read about this and even videos on YouTube explaining it all, the how and the why. So it’s hard for me to understand why people keep doing it.
Cheers