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DIY low cost Strut Braces 200 1983

posted by  Joe Heart on  Wed Mar 4 02:28 CST 2009
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Greetings,
Yesterday lead me to the local Rual King (aka farm and fleet for you northern Illinoirs). Picked up some nice to size to fit grade 8 hardware, and a length of black gas pipe (48" for $6.99).

I quickly made my way home to pounce on the cheap strut mod I've been planning, based on some research of forum posts and online shops to see the 'profesionaly' manufactured ones. This was a briged idea from a earlier post I made reguarding P/S pump ocilation after an A/C bypass. It carried over nicely.

http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/volvo/1335024/220/240/260/280/shake_rock_steady.html

After two hours with a 5 lb. sledge on my wee little anvil, heres what I came up with mounting. It ended up pretty simple and straitforward, as I marked the faces directionaly prior to forgin. Thus giving a rough indicator as the angle, and direction I had to bend the steel.


Also, I took much care in not buckling/cracking/spliting the pipe at its edges when hammering flat. It would negate the structural integrity of what I was trying to acomplish here. Ive seen somethings happen like this before at another job so, I made sure that the pounding was even and consistant as to not 'shock' the metal to much.

All in all, it was about $10 and a couple hours work but Im exstatic to see how it turned up!! Lets see what ya'll feel...






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