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massaging firewall
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 11:59 am
by stumped
the 31's are scrubbing the firewall inside of the guard, so i need to massage it a bit... anything i need to look out for? any technique/advice for the massaging, or just use a lumpy?
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:16 pm
by N*A*M
first use some pliers to bend the seams to one side, so that when you hit it, it will bend to the same side at the root of the seam
then tap the seams flat with small hammer
i tapped horizontal seams downwards and vertical seams inwards
then get a bigger hammer and bash it good
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:22 pm
by stumped
seams are done, just need the big hammer
is it worth having something between the metal and the hammer to spread the force of the hit more evenly?
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:37 pm
by Guy
stumped wrote:seams are done, just need the big hammer
is it worth having something between the metal and the hammer to spread the force of the hit more evenly?
Yeah .. I had paint between the metal and the hammer
Just belt it good and hard moving your blows around so that the thing is moveing evenly
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:15 pm
by stumped
love_mud wrote:Yeah .. I had paint between the metal and the hammer
Just belt it good and hard moving your blows around so that the thing is moveing evenly
paint??? what's that?? is it the same as mud?
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:19 pm
by Guy
Very similar to mud, a little more permanent and not as much fun ...
Also make sure that after you belt the firewall that you can still get the throttle wide open (not normally a problem, but worth checking) as the accelerator may not go down as far
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:05 pm
by stumped
love_mud wrote:Very similar to mud, a little more permanent and not as much fun ...
Also make sure that after you belt the firewall that you can still get the throttle wide open (not normally a problem, but worth checking) as the accelerator may not go down as far
that's what i was after... haven't actually seriously looked at it yet, but was wondering if bashing the firewall was gonna affect the pedals at all. i guess that's one of the reasons for moving the diff forward a bit
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:24 pm
by greg
stumped wrote:that's what i was after... haven't actually seriously looked at it yet, but was wondering if bashing the firewall was gonna affect the pedals at all. i guess that's one of the reasons for moving the diff forward a bit
The norm is to stop the bashing before you get inboard enough to affect the accelerator. However, if you have to go that far accross - you can remove the bolt/bracket that are on the floor stopping the accelerator - then you can put the pedal right to the floor.
If your 31's are fouling the firewall that much i would think that either:
a. your offset is massive
b. your running some very wide tyres
c. you could benefit from a body lift
d. you could benefit from running some rear spring up front and moving that front axel forward just a tad
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:33 pm
by redzook
just redrill the perch back a bit
and the u bolt plates aswell
should fix the problem
although your draglink might rub on your tierod
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 6:58 pm
by RB zook
go spoa
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:13 pm
by Dozoor
love_mud wrote:stumped wrote:seams are done, just need the big hammer
is it worth having something between the metal and the hammer to spread the force of the hit more evenly?
Yeah .. I had paint between the metal and the hammer
Just belt it good and hard moving your blows around so that the thing is moveing evenly
@ Mud
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:58 pm
by Guy
RB zook wrote:go spoa
I could still get my 31's to rub the firewall with 31's and SPOA .. bumpstops were in the same place
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:09 am
by stumped
RB zook wrote:go spoa
drive ur zook
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 4:43 pm
by RB zook
stumped wrote:RB zook wrote:go spoa
drive ur zook
dont want to be out driven by emma's roza
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 5:51 pm
by lay80n
If ya want a hand with a hammer, im sure birlo would be able to help ya
. He could take out the embarasment of being beaten by a zook too. If ya wanna come over on the weekend i could take a look at it, id enjoy hitting ya zook with a hammer.
layto....
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 9:59 pm
by bigsteve
Think of it this way,
If you do RUF after bashing in the firewall then people will be able to see a mangled firewall.
Looks like a good chance to do RUF to me
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 10:33 pm
by antt
belt the shit outta it, paint it black, then take it 4wdriving and dont bother washing it......thats what i did,looks sweeeeeet
Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:08 am
by stumped
RB... no shame being out driven by em, only in being out driven by a roza
layton.... can't come over this weekend, heading to qld for a music fest
maybe next week sometime, or bring a hammer to wallaroo
RUF sounds the goods, but $$ constraints hold me back
antt's solution sounds like the one, fits in with the current appearance of the zook