Chassis legs and crossmember
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 1:03 pm
Hi all, My shell is 'sans' of it's crossmember and chassis legs.
I have new ones to fit and I was thinking of welding the legs to the crossmember before fitting them to the shell to make it easier to align.
I have made up spacing tubes between the legs eye bolt holes and the clutch pedal pivots to set the distance between them.
I was going to tack in some angle iron to the sills to set the chassis floor height and reference the legs eye bolt holes to the front shock mounts for the lateral position.
I have spent forever straightening the warped floor due to my crap and impatient welding technique but think now that will just cut the floor out above the crossmember as it doesn't fit up snuggly. The crossmember ends are slit to create tabs, I presume these are fitted up to the sills and the tabs are welded to the sills and then the slits welded up after?.
Please - your thoughts on the above.
Cheers
Martin
I have new ones to fit and I was thinking of welding the legs to the crossmember before fitting them to the shell to make it easier to align.
I have made up spacing tubes between the legs eye bolt holes and the clutch pedal pivots to set the distance between them.
I was going to tack in some angle iron to the sills to set the chassis floor height and reference the legs eye bolt holes to the front shock mounts for the lateral position.
I have spent forever straightening the warped floor due to my crap and impatient welding technique but think now that will just cut the floor out above the crossmember as it doesn't fit up snuggly. The crossmember ends are slit to create tabs, I presume these are fitted up to the sills and the tabs are welded to the sills and then the slits welded up after?.
Please - your thoughts on the above.
Cheers
Martin