3/6 degree cranked front D1 arms

[DiscoPhoto]

Need ASAP, cheeeap like me. Will send label.

 

[cdansan]

You should have bought mine. I ended up redrilling the swivel balls instead.
Dan

 

[robertf]

my bent tera firma arms are in a pile behind the shed. send the sticker and they are yours

maybe theyll unbend with some heat

 

[fishEH]

You should have bought mine. I ended up redrilling the swivel balls instead.
Dan

How did you drill your swivel balls? DIY or machine shop?

 

[DiscoPhoto]

my bent tera firma arms are in a pile behind the shed. send the sticker and they are yours

maybe theyll unbend with some heat

Haha how bent are they?

Like, did you filet that bitch?

 

[Devildog01]

I have a set but they are for gasoline only d1's.

 

[robertf]

 

[DiscoPhoto]

I have a set but they are for gasoline only d1's.

To think you would ever have rover parts....

looks like they just cranked them in both ways, probably way better for flexing

 

[cdansan]

How did you drill your swivel balls? DIY or machine shop?

The machine shop at work did it for me. I made a simple drawing in CAD with the pattern rotated 6 degrees.
I added 2 more holes to stop rotation and drilled and tapped each flange for the 2 new holes.

 

[cdansan]

I wonder if they could be straightened in a press?
Then cut in half and sleeved with rectangular tubing?
I would try it on my own truck, not sure I would recommend it for the public.

 

[Devildog01]

I actually bought a set of tf arms from Randy Williams for my d2 that had been in an accident. One was fine but the other one was shaped like an s and was in 2 pieces. My friend who is a fabricator made a jig for the straight one, then we used a piranha to straighten out the bent one. Using the jig he made sure the bent one was straight and then gusseted the sides with flat stock to re enforce it. I wheeled it for 2 years with no problems. 75 on the highway and not even the slightest shimmy. Took about 2 hrs to do the work.

 

[robertf]

I wonder if they could be straightened in a press?
Then cut in half and sleeved with rectangular tubing?
I would try it on my own truck, not sure I would recommend it for the public.

it couldnt be any weaker than the condition tf ships them in

 

[fishEH]

I actually bought a set of tf arms from Randy Williams for my d2 that had been in an accident. One was fine but the other one was shaped like an s and was in 2 pieces. My friend who is a fabricator made a jig for the straight one, then we used a piranha to straighten out the bent one. Using the jig he made sure the bent one was straight and then gusseted the sides with flat stock to re enforce it. I wheeled it for 2 years with no problems. 75 on the highway and not even the slightest shimmy. Took about 2 hrs to do the work.

If your boy can do that why not just cut and gusset your stock arms?

 

[Devildog01]

If your boy can do that why not just cut and gusset your stock arms?

Opportunity. Randy sold me those arms for practically nothing. Besides my buddy likes a challange. Simply cutting the arms and rewelding them is to easy. Taking a mangled arm and rebuilding it is way more funner.