OK, this was sorta just gone over a month or so ago, but I'm back to square one. I need at least 4 1/2" of drop to get under my hairpins. Per a previous thread, I ordered the deep drop Magnum arms, the ones that are supposed to work with the 5" axle......I guess magnum had the idea that we all run tie rods through the hairpins, rather than under them, cause these *****es measure 3 1/2" of drop. Is there ANYONE that makes something deeper? I have an idea that I can get these where they need to be with the torch, but if there's an off the shelf solution, I'd rather go that route.
If the Magnum arms are forged, the torch will work fine to satisfy your unusual request. If they are cast, don't do it.
Check with Ch***is Engineering. They sell arms that work with their dropped axle and wishbones. An old school rodder trick with deep dropped axles is to bend stock arms up and twist the ends 180 degrees so the tie rod is on top of the wishbones.
Yeah, they're forged, and after measuring them and doing some looking, there's no way they'll bend far enough. Bib, I wish it were that easy. The way this front end is set up, they have to go under everything, or they hit the frame. And the radiator shell. And the spring. And other stuff. I think I got a solution. I always wanted to be a blacksmith.
If you're running hairpins why are you concerned with getting under them? You should be able to run right through them, I did it on my 29 roadster, no problem, look into that option if you want.
If you are running hairpins, the drag link and tie rod (on cross steering) are supposed to run between the upper and lower hairpin tube. If, as I suspect, you are running a split wishbone with a dropped axle, I have seen people cut a relief notch in the underside of their wishbone to clear the drag link and then "plate in" the cut out area to maintain the strength of the radius rod.
There's no such thing as "supposed to" in hot rods. I sorta mentioned it above, but didn't really stress....it's physically impossible to run the tie rod anywhere but under, due to the location of frame, etc. Pics might help: Like I said though, it's turned into a non issue, I'ma doing me some blacksmithing this morning.I guess I'll end up about 5" drop on the steering arms before it's done
So how about the usual solution of putting the tie rod in front of axle? Another option is a "dropped" tie rod, not commonly done but works if structurally sufficient. PS: I like your motormounts. I sorta mentioned it above, but didn't really stress....it's physically impossible to run the tie rod anywhere but under, due to the location of frame, etc. Pics might help: Like I said though, it's turned into a non issue, I'ma doing me some blacksmithing this morning.I guess I'll end up about 5" drop on the steering arms before it's done[/quote]
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