Ufff! Sorry about the ***le must be tube not tune!!![emoji24] [emoji24] [emoji24] [emoji24] [emoji24] [emoji24] [emoji24] [emoji24] Hi, guys!! Need some help and educate on tube axles!! I know some Ford's came with tube axles!!! But how about the aftermarket tube axles? What are the best looking tube axles? There are good for a hot rod or only for drags!!! The said is to rigid and only you can use it with 4 bars! It's that right? I want to build my own tube axle!! Many thanks Leandro! Ain't a Rat lover!
As far as I know, the best tube axle builder on the HAMB is BCCHOPIT. Unless you've got the welding and geometry skills to do it safely, I'd reconsider building your own. Here's a thread on how he does his. As you can see, the ones he's building towards the end of the thread have some improvements over the ones on page 1. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/new-g***er-axle-custom-built-by-hamber.546927/
I thought this was a Guns and Roses thread, I am relieved. 4 bars with tubes, hairpins or bones with I beams is what I always hear.
My own experience with a Super Bell tube combined with wishbone and splitting kit for '37-'40 Fords was less than ideal. The tube is RIGID, and coupled with an original wishbone and splitting kit affords little or no "flex". I lifted one front wheel off the ground coming out of a restaurant with a reasonable dip exiting the parking lot. I was at an angle when this occurred. Nothing flexed, and a bystander flagged me down and said the right front wheel was off the ground about 2-3 inches. If you remember, Jim Ewing started producing the Super Bell tube around the same time Pete & Jake's designed the 4-bar setup. Their design allowed the axle (any style) to remain in one plane while the suspension did its thing. Hairpins have a bit of flex, and when coupled with an I-beam, which has a bit of flex, affords a decent ride. Racers from the old, old, days used tubes and split bones or hairpins on their racecars which traveled on smooth, flat tracks where the suspension didn't have to "work". All the hotrodders from the '30s 'till today will normally use I-beams with split bones or hairpins because they have worked for decades and they look "*****in". Most tubes I have seen on cars are rarely driven on our uneven, pothole streets for good reason. Things can get in a jam, then welds can giveway and cause bad scenes. There has to be a little flex in these setups which I-beams offer by their very design. Good luck, and hope I didn't put you to sleep with my rhetoric. Today especially, 4-bars are almost nonexistent because cars are built with a certain amount of "tradition" involved, and 4-bars are considered "new" to the scene.
I'd have to agree that unless you have a very high skill level when it comes to welding you shouldn't attempt building your own tube axle. On the other hand the Plans for the California Custom Roadster T bucket come with drawings and instructions for building your own tube axle and hair pin radius rods. http://www.tbucketplans.com/california-custom-roadster-ccr-t-bucket-plans/ It's a down load after you pay so you don't have to fork out a bunch of money for mail to Argentina and the tips in the plans are worth the cost.
My plan is use an early Ford V8 axle for template!! I saw in other threads and work fine! I got a Hot rod Ford and two dollars bill!
Thank You Sir.... here is a ford 4" drop hot off the fixture tonight. As with all my axles they all have flagged king pin bosses Check out my WAC face book page https://m.facebook.com/WAC-Customs-602766899798304/ Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Let's see....... "Only a fool goes, where wise men fear to tread." Yea, that fits. Seek out the wise man. He was mentioned before. Good luck.
I saw your work over HAMB and Ford Barn!! Simply Amazing!! Sure I like to buy ones of your axles, but I'm in Argentina!! I got a Hot rod Ford and two dollars bill!
I can work with shipping with you when time time comes. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
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