Thread: Sleeving trailing arms?

Originally Posted by PAT303

So I take it these arms are all legal?.What would happen after a crash when people find out the things holding your diffs in were made at home in your shed?. Pat

Nothing unless they caused the accident

i sleeved mine by getting some 3 or 4 mm thick tube that slid nicely over those welds, then drilled 3 holes in them and pumped it full of silicon.
Rangie spares advised me on this as engineers don't like welding on suspension parts.
pretty simple

Originally Posted by Vern

i sleeved mine by getting some 3 or 4 mm thick tube that slid nicely over those welds, then drilled 3 holes in them and pumped it full of silicon.
Rangie spares advised me on this as engineers don't like welding on suspension parts.
pretty simple

I was just going to tack weld them on
Why isn't it good to weld them?

TIM.

Originally Posted by PAT303

So I take it these arms are all legal?.What would happen after a crash when people find out the things holding your diffs in were made at home in your shed?. Pat

That's why I was going to glue mine.
It's just that the hollow bar I have means I have to turn off the weld flash. No biggie, it does nothing structurally.
I've seen too many bent arms, including my own (which could at least be straightened)

There is an aircraft certified welder 30km away and I was going to get him to weld them to cover my arse, but even those sort of blokes don't like to weld suspension bits.
I've also been advised to do the silicon thing like Vern did, but I have the adhesive in the freezer so.....

Originally Posted by long stroke

I was just going to tack weld them on
Why isn't it good to weld them?

TIM.

It isn't that it's not good, welding is an excellent joint process, but the RTA frowns on it big time with suspension components, unless it comes from the factory like that.
Back in the dark ages they required a certified welder and the joint x-rayed Don't know if they still do, but they sure as hell don't get that down the production line.
But that's the rules, otherwise you'd have every Tom, Dick or Harry with a stick or cheap mig welder fabbing bits

The way the laws and litigation is these days, engineering companies are even scared to weld cracked chassis on 4x4's.

Originally Posted by rovercare

Nothing unless they caused the accident

Yeh right.Don't be in an accident rovercare,you would be taken to the cleaners.The reason people make thier own parts is because of cost,the reason parts cost so much is because of rules and regulations.It didn't cause the accident?,YOU would have to prove it didn't,not the other way round. Pat

Originally Posted by PAT303

Yeh right.Don't be in an accident rovercare,you would be taken to the cleaners.The reason people make thier own parts is because of cost,the reason parts cost so much is because of rules and regulations.It didn't cause the accident?,YOU would have to prove it didn't,not the other way round. Pat

Ever been involved in an enquiry of a motor vehicle accident ending up in death? with the vehicle being modified?

Pretty sure I have a reasonable understanding

Originally Posted by rick130

It isn't that it's not good, welding is an excellent joint process, but the RTA frowns on it big time with suspension components, unless it comes from the factory like that.
Back in the dark ages they required a certified welder and the joint x-rayed Don't know if they still do, but they sure as hell don't get that down the production line.
But that's the rules, otherwise you'd have every Tom, Dick or Harry with a stick or cheap mig welder fabbing bits

The way the laws and litigation is these days, engineering companies are even scared to weld cracked chassis on 4x4's.

I might just try find a realy tight fitting tube and bash it on with a FBH
Or weld it and paint it up realy nice so they don't notice

TIM.