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posted on September 15th, 2009 at 07:14 PM
Cutting and turning a beam
I have this K&L beam that has been cut and turned, only thing is, they seem to have only cut and turned one of the beams?? Is there a reason for
this? It's for a baja so it has been lifted not lowered.
Any ideas?
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posted on September 15th, 2009 at 07:44 PM
By turning only one beam, or turning one beam more than the other you can change the spring rates (the springs can work against or with each other,
dependig if you wanted to increase or decrease the spring rates).
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posted on September 15th, 2009 at 08:30 PM
IF one has been turned 'up' then its raised.
Haha, sorry if i'm being captain obvious.
But as Chunks was saying, if you cut and turn one, it will raise it, because such WILL change the spring preload and will raise the front. for max
raising, do the same to the other non-cut torsion tube.
I would believe that alot of people who only cut the one to raise or lower it, would do so to know that at least one of the tubes has guaranteed
rigidity, strength and same geometry as it was given in the factory. It would depend how much they trust their welding i guess, or perhaps they might
only want a slight raise or lowering without having to go through and cut both tubes and reweld both. But your really getting only half the total
possible potential out of it. (again, obviously)
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posted on September 15th, 2009 at 08:52 PM
Yeah, thinking about ditching the beam altogether and using another beam to weld adjusters in... What do you guys think?
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posted on September 15th, 2009 at 08:58 PM
yea why not!
Always good to keep it as a spare though!
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posted on September 15th, 2009 at 09:14 PM
I dunno, will probably get rid of it. Try to make back a tiny bit of money for the project
