Ford Transit Forum

by **Luke** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:24 pm

Been quoted £80 to bend the tubes - bit expensive but thats all it will cost me for the entire jig

i think i might take them round today

bit unsure of the angle now as to how far the van will "fall" in when rolled over

by **I_hate_rust** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:30 pm

I would of thought no more than 90degrees but no less than 75degrees.

But then again if you get them bent a full 90degrees then you could stop the roll over with a stack of bricks :lol:

by **vannut** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:58 pm

Luke wrote:
shep5001 wrote:brilliant piece of kit ,you should post some pics of how u get on with making some luke
will do mate
just waiting on a quote for bending the bars - a mate recons it'll be about £100 i was hoping for less - these are only £400 new but i'll see what they have to say tomorrow

You're welcome to borrow mine as a pattern if you like...

by **Luke** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:52 pm

I_hate_rust wrote:I would of thought no more than 90degrees but no less than 75degrees.

But then again if you get them bent a full 90degrees then you could stop the roll over with a stack of bricks

too late i got them done 90deg :lol:

i've also burnt the centres out of 2 mk4 wheels gonna use them for the hub adapter

by **Luke** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:54 pm

vannut wrote:You're welcome to borrow mine as a pattern if you like...

i think/hope i'll be ok :lol:

the only thing i could do with knowing is roughly what angle did the upright bit start off at or how far over does the van fall :?:

by **I_hate_rust** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:20 am

vannut wrote:

It looks like the hub is mounted about 2/3rds the way along the bend

But then you can see that in the pic :oops:

by **vannut** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:02 pm

I'll get some better photos of the frame on it's own for you when I get back from Cornwall

by **Terry** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:46 pm

We used to do that with rally cars many moons ago., just used to remove the battery tape over the breather hole in the brake/clutch master cylinder, use the rear seat squab under the B pillar. The works mechanics reckoned they could change a mini drive shaft in 4 minutes by flipping it on its side..
We did it in a layby to an Imp on the Lands End Trial one year (to refill the steering rack) and someone reported a serious crash so the police turned up and said don't do it anymore

by **Luke** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:59 pm

well i got the 2 frames welded together today - sorry no pics its still at work - basically spaced them out with 220mm 1" box section

looking good so far tomorrow i should get the hub mounting plate on, prolly be done for next week

bit bigger than i'd imagained tho :lol:

gonna be a pain to store :lol:

by **AlandEi** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:40 pm

We used to do that with rally cars many moons ago.,

I used to prepare rally minis, Anglias , Mk 1 Cortinas ect and was service crew, 1960s/70s here in North Wales Terry, and we too used to roll them onto rear seat squabs or tyres, particularly minis. for running repairs.... I remember a rep coming round with those roll-over frames... we put an old Consul on it, and when we rolled it, it promptly filled the brake drum with diff oil... the seal must have been cream crackered...

... needless to say, he slunk off with his tail between his legs.

Never had a van on its side to work on... but there used to be a few service vans on their sides in the ditches, racing between service points...

Alan.