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I need to, amongst other things, make my tie rods longer. I'm thininking of cutting it and then sleving the two parts with tube and cutting Vs in the ends of the tube to maximise the contact area for welding.
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Are the bars solid or tubular? I've tended to make my own in the past rather than modify existing ones.
Might be worth plug welding the sleeve to the bars as well (see photos) - adds a few more belts and braces. V in the end of the sleeve would probably make it harder to weld around - I'd leave it straight and weld around it.
Might be worth plug welding the sleeve to the bars as well (see photos) - adds a few more belts and braces. V in the end of the sleeve would probably make it harder to weld around - I'd leave it straight and weld around it.
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Ah - nice touch. Seen it, but not tried plug welding yet 
I'm thinking that the plug welds are easier to grind back and safely make invisible, as the meat of the weld is below the surface.
I'm thinking that the plug welds are easier to grind back and safely make invisible, as the meat of the weld is below the surface.
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Plug welds can be ground to the level of the surrounding metal with no loss of strength. Some info on plug welding here.
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You are correct, regarding the MOT thing, which I can't understand. Apparently it's OK to make threaded extensions that wind on to the end, and to weld an entier chassis from 1" ERW. But not to weld the tie rods... 
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Are the bars solid or tubular? I've tended to make my own in the past rather than modify existing ones.
Might be worth plug welding the sleeve to the bars as well (see photos) - adds a few more belts and braces. V in the end of the sleeve would probably make it harder to weld around - I'd leave it straight and weld around it.
Mailcom - Is that a steering column?
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Shhhhhhh(I'm guessing similar rules?)
I think steering columns are OK!
The logic behind all this escapes me: self assembly brake lines are fine for MOT, fail for the kit car thing, you can fabricate wishbones, uprights, coil overs, steering columns, but not tie rods................
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I'm building a Mid engined track car. I've jigged all the suspension points from my front engined rwd S14, and am building them into a spaceframe to take a transversely mounted Saab 2.3 in the back
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Yup, I can confirm from the locost builders forum, that it only applied to flexi brajke hose with a compression joint that uses an olive. Even then, if you can prove to the tester that you've used the right parts, it can pass, but depends on how friendly your SVA man is.
Now that has me worried...
Not really such a big thing: most companies will do crimped braided stainless for you and it won't cost any more than the self assembly ones.
It's just that I like doing them myself and have always done it............
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When you say self assembly, do you mean like goodrich or earls etc?
Hmm have to fit rubbish crappy rubber ballooning oem ones for the sva then if so, and put the real ones on after
Yeah. I've always just bought the bits and put them together myself.
I'd imagine that a lot of stuff gets retro-fitted after SVA!
