Weakest area of the longs/Flex point, Searched but came up empty |
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Weakest area of the longs/Flex point, Searched but came up empty |
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Aug 31 2007, 09:52 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,169 Joined: 18-March 05 From: Orange County, California Member No.: 3,782 |
I know I read some where on the forum about a certain area of the longs where it seems to flex more. I just can't seam to find the Picture/information. Can anyone show me where that area is?
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Mueller |
Aug 31 2007, 10:03 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,150 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None |
supposedly if you took a plumb-bob and went from the top of the windshield frame where it meets the targa top (middle of the car) and go straight down, that is roughly the spot....I was thinking you could lay on some spackling or something simliar, let it dry on the longs and do some quick and dirty tests to see where it cracks the most
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J P Stein |
Aug 31 2007, 10:41 PM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
supposedly if you took a plumb-bob and went from the top of the windshield frame where it meets the targa top (middle of the car) and go straight down, that is roughly the spot....I was thinking you could lay on some spackling or something simliar, let it dry on the longs and do some quick and dirty tests to see where it cracks the most I have no doubt that the area described is the center of rotation for pitch & roll of the chassis.....which is no help in curing the problem. The most effective fixes are fairly extreme. A cage tied into the F & R shock towers. Reinforce the inner door pannels of late model doors.....then weld them shut, both inner & outter pannels. The weakness is the door openings. I've seen the bandaids for this and am unimpressed with their effectivity. I did the fromer. |
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