Built a new tool

I finally got my axle center bar finished today. Thanks to DILLIGAS Dave for the help on how to build one.

Looks good Rob,should be useful.

Seems Rob is the tool guy.

I've built 2 of them !!! and they keep getting borrowed and not returned!!! good thing I have a lathe in the shop it's quicker to make a new jig that track down who's got my other ones!!!!
Frank

The guy that did my car has one just like it. I would build one, but my welding skills are so poor that all of the gear oil would run out the ends of the axles.

Nice work !!!!

tools are good!Frank i wish i lived close to you,i would'nt need so many.

Alignment bar Looks good to me, damn clean shop floor too.

......Shit....I suddenly have this nagging feeling I need to sweep up my shop.........hopefully this urge to clean up will fade with some beer intake.

Can I ask a stupid question? Besides that one Okay, how does it work? Is it so you can align the axle tubes for welding them to the housing or am I way off? If not I ain't got the darndest clue

DILLIGASDAVE wrote:Alignment bar Looks good to me, damn clean shop floor too.

......Shit....I suddenly have this nagging feeling I need to sweep up my shop.........hopefully this urge to clean up will fade with some beer intake.

That usually works for me.

bb429power wrote:Can I ask a stupid question? Besides that one Okay, how does it work? Is it so you can align the axle tubes for welding them to the housing or am I way off? If not I ain't got the darndest clue

The alignment bar is used to align the housing ends back on bearing centerline (to weld them back on) after narrowing the rear housing down.

DILLIGASDAVE wrote:

bb429power wrote:Can I ask a stupid question? Besides that one Okay, how does it work? Is it so you can align the axle tubes for welding them to the housing or am I way off? If not I ain't got the darndest clue

The alignment bar is used to align the housing ends back on bearing centerline (to weld them back on) after narrowing the rear housing down.

Cool, thanks for the explination.

bb429power wrote:

DILLIGASDAVE wrote:

bb429power wrote:Can I ask a stupid question? Besides that one Okay, how does it work? Is it so you can align the axle tubes for welding them to the housing or am I way off? If not I ain't got the darndest clue

The alignment bar is used to align the housing ends back on bearing centerline (to weld them back on) after narrowing the rear housing down.

Cool, thanks for the explination.

That is where the gear oil runs out when I weld it up.

DILLIGASDAVE wrote:Alignment bar Looks good to me, damn clean shop floor too.

......Shit....I suddenly have this nagging feeling I need to sweep up my shop.........hopefully this urge to clean up will fade with some beer intake.

I can take a few more pics of that shop for you Dave, and it isn't that clean at all. I just picked a lucky spot for the shot.

bb429power wrote:Can I ask a stupid question? Besides that one Okay, how does it work? Is it so you can align the axle tubes for welding them to the housing or am I way off? If not I ain't got the darndest clue

It's also for checking straightness of an axle housing to make sure it isn't bent

i cant see the pics Rob

bruno wrote:i cant see the pics Rob

Which one, the one at the top, or the ones I didn't take of the messy shop?

Looks good Rob, I have the material to build one also, as soon as I get my lathe set up. What diameter round bar did you use?

1.5" Chrome Moly Joe