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10-11-2005, 11:44 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Fairmont
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|  Dogbone Surgery
Is it possible to shorten dogbones and still have them be as strong as they were when you started? I need to shrink some twin force dogbones so I can shorten the width of my axles for a project I want to get started. I guess I could always trade someone some long dogbones for some short ones but I was wondering if there was any way to shorten them. Thanks for any information you can give. I tried to search and find a way to do it, but the search terms I was using didn't return anything. If there is a link to what I'm wanting please post it. Clark |
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10-11-2005, 12:58 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: woods cross utah
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cut,weld,grind!
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10-11-2005, 01:00 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Fairmont
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How easy would it be to weld them without fubaring them? Clark |
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10-11-2005, 02:08 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Columbia Gorge
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If you cut to the length you want...then sleeve the cut portion, then weld both ends, you should be alright. Just go easy because that's a lot of heat for such a small part. Don't want to burn through it  |
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10-11-2005, 06:52 PM
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| TEAM MODERATOR   Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tennessee
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You can cut and weld,sleaving,like Toyo suggested,works good. Honestly it's easier just to get the length you need. If I had the option of buying over rewelding them,I'd a bought mine. The problem in my case was I needed dogbones that were 1" longer than the longside. I couldn't find any that were longer than the Twin's longside shaft. Let me look outside tomorrow,I may have a few shortside shafts laying around. If I've got at least three,I'll trade ya. I'd like to keep at least 1 short side for a spare for my sons Twin. |
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