4 link bars...trim?
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4 link bars...trim?
wanting to shorten my bars on my 4 link to locate it inside the frame rails, rather than buy new bars, id like to cut the existing bars down. the bars one fixed end w/bushing the other is the threaded adjustable end.
thoughts on cutting the fixed end, shorten the bar 3-4" and attached the fixed end? is there a better way? Is this making the bar weaker in any way?
thanks
thoughts on cutting the fixed end, shorten the bar 3-4" and attached the fixed end? is there a better way? Is this making the bar weaker in any way?
thanks
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If it's just threaded inside the tube, why not just cut it off and have a machine shop cut new threads. Also I have done on tierods and such is cut the section out of the center and get a plug the right size to go inside and weld it back together. Get a plug about 3 inches long, leave a gap when you slide it together so the plug also gets welded at the butt weld but also drill a hole in each side to get a rosette weld inside to the plug. Finish it off with a flap wheel on the grinder and nobody will see it.
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