Narrowing a beam

K@rlos · Oct 29, 2009

Was having a ponder the other night, how much work would be involved in making my own narrowed front beam? It's a 1970 lhd bay if that would make any difference.

Graham L · Oct 29, 2009

Depends how good a welder you are really and how much time you have, you can buy laser cut end plates from people like Trailer Queen Restos for about Â£65 from memory to replace your stock towers which you need to cut off. Its all in the welding and getting everything lined up.

Personally I'd rather go to someone like Guy at Slamwerks and get him to supply a narrowed beam thats been done on a jig that you know will fit straight away and the cost is about Â£350.

bottom rung · Oct 29, 2009

Here's the rundown:
http://www.kustomcoachwerks.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1974" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Its a bit more complex than first impressions. That said, I'm going to be having a go on a spare beam in the new year.

67 BAY · Nov 1, 2009

Not a nice job cleaning ends off, then when you due you find you've got rot in the beam ends that you can't see.Before you cut anything off make a H section in centre of beam using inch box section to tie the tubes so they stay together

Steve

dubdubz · Nov 1, 2009

67 BAY said:
you find you've got rot in the beam ends that you can't see. Steve

yep been there........it's a pain as it can take a couple of hours with a grinder to get to the point I dread....tubes perforated near to the bearings......

K@rlos · Nov 1, 2009

Sod it, i'll just buy 1 if i choose to go narrow, getting it low is the main thing really i can't bear the thought of another night of abuse because its stock height........ Graham L

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