Another Beam Question

[erbs 42 1 Cars]

Once I get my car back from the painters,I'm gonna tackle the rear beam,is there anybody who lives in the Hertfordshire area willing to refurb the beam for me?

 

Just seeing what my options are. If it's worth having a crack myself or let someone do the work as far as the cash goes as I'm in a pickle on what to do

 

I would like them all painted as well

Edited January 21, 2016 by erbs

[mrfirepro 127 1 Cars]

Jamie,

 

When I started my project the beam was one of the first things I did, having never done one before I was nervous as well.

However the guide on here is excellent and I found it quite straight forward.

 

If you are going to do it yourself there is a great tool (made by a member on here, I'm sure other will remind you who it is as I can't remember) which I couldn't have done it without.

 

And of course if you get stuck, help is just a post away.

 

good luck

Edited January 21, 2016 by mrfirepro

[erbs 42 1 Cars]

Ok, the beam is free moving on the trailing arms, it's just the passenger side has camber, the drivers is perfect so hoping it will come apart relatively ok and hope the beam itself can be saved as I have no idea where I would get a replacement one from, do companies still make the the tubular part?

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

[pugdamo 111 2 Cars]

It's Tom Fenton for the torsion bar puller

http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=93095&view=&hl=&fromsearch=1

Great tool definatly worth the money. Also worth while making up a dummy shock so you get equal heights on both sides.

[Alan77 78 1 Cars]

Don't be put off with having a go at it. Once broken down into its parts, there's not a lot to look at, certainly no crazy engineering. Follow the guide on here.

I found no need for a puller, regularly soaked all nooks and crannies for a few days before and beat out the tb's from the trailing arms with a lump hammer. The inner bearings can be knocked out by using an old arm shaft down inside the tube.

Hopefully the camber has just munched the bearing and not harmed the tube, if the latter, it'll be scrap.

There's loads of beam threads on here with tips n tricks n part numbers...

[Ozymandis 97]

Have a go, Ive done a few and never used a bar puller, a 7lb sledgehammer has the arms off in a jiffy.Put a bolt in the shocker bolt hole and bash that.

If the torsion bar comes out with the arm, the sledge soon has it out of the arm.Be careful not to close up the gap for the offset washer if bashing the arm down the bar, then back again.

The shafts smack out a treat with the same tool. i use an old 3/4 drive socket as a drift.

Heat the arm in your oven and bash the new one in easy.

As mentioned the inner bearing comes out using your old shaft as a drift. Although i did make a screw puller for the next times i did it.

Don't be scared there's no rocket science about them. Use a piece of 2 by 1 wood with two holes drilled in it for your shock length, although i did make a dummy shock for the next times i did it.

Your best friends are ,plus gas , sledgehammer (also useful for those left over Christmas nuts), a big lump of wood and a bit of welly.

Ive done all the above on axles still in cars as well as ones off on the floor.

Don't piss about with a lump hammer get a sledge you'll do less damage.

And soak everything in plus gas for a week.

You can do it without special tools.

Enjoy.