Projects '23 Ford Roadster build aka The Incredible Hulk

It's winter in the Pacific Northwest, I see brine and salt on the roads near me.

 

pictures are what it looks like now.
there is still plenty of work left to make it road ready.
the plan is to sleeve the through frame bolt holes, which means pulling the engine to weld them in.
not looking forward to that
there may also be clearance issues with the upper bars that will have to be addressed.
All in due time

 

I forget….it was 84 here yesterday.

 

And wind chill of 13 in the morning

 

you do nice work

 

yes that is some nice work.

 

What is this piece you have chucked up in the drill press? I glanced at it the other day and ***umed it was a tapered reamer, but then upon a second look, I didn't see any flutes.

 

I was wondering about the bar geometry when you built them; but just thought that the set-up would cause a change in caster during suspension movement. How did you determine they were binding resulting in the harsh ride?

 

it's spinning

 

Ahhhhh…..makes sense.

 

it wouldn't be as much of an issue with a beam axle but with the rigid tube axle the bars act much like a split wishbone or hairpins,
when one wheel rises it will try to lift the other wheel.
ie: bind
that bind is absorbed by the bars.
it's evident by watching the bars flex when one wheel is jacked up.
if one wheel is jacked up the other will follow, not 100%, the bars will flex first but if I jack more than about 4 inches the other will start to lift.
the bind causes the harsh ride and of course fatigue in the weakest link, the bars.
I knew all this going in and I don't think it's about to fail, but it's definitely not optimal
in terms of ride quality or longevity of parts.

 

^^^^
Thanks for the follow up.

Good explanation; the rigidity of the tube axle didn't register in my head.