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Alloy beam clamps
whathaveidone - March 4th, 2011 at 06:49 PM

Can anyone tell me were i can get a set of alloy clamps that hold an alloy beam to the frame head???? have seen them on a few race cars and searched the net for them but no result.
Cheers ben


matberry - March 4th, 2011 at 08:03 PM

Tried Rodney Penrose??


whathaveidone - March 4th, 2011 at 09:32 PM

as he is only 5 min down the road he is always my first port of call. He dosnt have them!


68AutoBug - March 4th, 2011 at 10:05 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by whathaveidone
as he is only 5 min down the road he is always my first port of call. He doesn't have them!



Why don't You have Your location down????


matberry - March 4th, 2011 at 10:08 PM

You can cut out stock ones to use, my old chop top had it that way, or get a locl machine shop to fab a set.


Dak-A-Tak - March 4th, 2011 at 10:10 PM

If you have a JT beam they sell them but you have to ring them ( no web site ) Phone number in Hotvw's mag.
Or make them from billet , is what I did . Had a local machine shop make them .
As a good quick fix , use steel standard one's cut off , then use conrod bearings underneath the two brackets .
Rods car is done this way , never a issue .
As Matt said !! I second that !!


whathaveidone - March 4th, 2011 at 10:37 PM

Have a set i cut off a beam but was looking for some like yours Pete( for looks more than anything) Didnt think about using the bearing though! Was woried about them cutting into the alloy. Will go see a machinest tomorrow about getting a billet set made up. Thanks guys
Ps Did you weld the bearings or just clamp them there???


Grey Ghost - March 5th, 2011 at 09:40 AM

Jamar do sell them in billet now. However when I used my Jamar Aloy beam I made them out of two original steel pressings and 3" tube cut in half to form 1/2 shells and fabricated the brackets over on old original beam to get it to the exact fit. This also stops the beam from being crushed too far into the head frame and the bolts bottom out on an inside stop block to prevent any over crushing of the beam. I have ordered a pair of aloy ones from Jamar to pick up on my next trip in April but I have concerns about the aloy clamps maintaining crush on the beam over along time? Its not the travelling down the strip that worries me but the hours that the car spends on trailer travelling to and from events that might cause them to losen up in time. I would asume that the steel fabricated brackets would not be much different in weight to the aloys however the aloy is much nicer on the eyes. If you use the aloys I would think that they would need to be Tig welded in position to stop the beam slipping along them but I am yet to find out what others have done there.

Cheers
Andrew


matberry - March 5th, 2011 at 02:41 PM

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Originally posted by whathaveidone
Did you weld the bearings or just clamp them there???


The bearing shells were just clamped there to match the radius of the beam better and give some ease to the point loading.


whathaveidone - March 5th, 2011 at 02:44 PM

Have drawn a set up and will have them made up next week. Will let you know how i go.


whathaveidone - March 7th, 2011 at 04:54 PM

Took the drawing to a shop today quoted me $700 to make them up. Does this seem excesive to you guys????


matberry - March 7th, 2011 at 09:47 PM

:td:


Dak-A-Tak - March 8th, 2011 at 12:32 PM

You can buy them from JT beams for $50 bucks . Anyway make them yourself , not hard .


whathaveidone - March 8th, 2011 at 07:29 PM

anyone got the number. I dont have any hotvws to get it out and have serched the net but cant fined it


oldskl60 - March 8th, 2011 at 07:45 PM

The number quoted in HotVW is 1 888 588 3398, sorry not sure of location for international dialing codes

I got mine here - Dans


whathaveidone - March 8th, 2011 at 08:01 PM

weres Dans


dangerous - March 9th, 2011 at 07:16 AM

http://dansperformanceparts.com/cgi-bin/miva?Merchant2/merchant.mv+Screen=PRO...