Roger that. I’m a bit worried about welding onto the torsion tube too. Am I likely to melt me donuts or set fire to grease inside the torsion tube when I weld the guide tube bracket back on? We became a bit of an attraction as the well-heeled and tourists headed for Harrods; My favourite moment was when a plonker in a purple Lamborghini crunched his left front corner on the rear end of the AA van and just drove off!
You’re unlikely to melt the donuts as they’re miles away from where you’re welding. When I rewelded my bracket on I don’t recall any grease setting alight! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I would worry more about getting the welder set to produce enough heat to penetrate into the tube so your weld doesnt just crack off as it cools.
Finally got round to doing a proper fix on my clutch cable guide tube that had gone walkabout. A new bit of pipe spliced in with a sleeve for strength and a fresh little square bracket to hold it to the torsion bar tube. Wasn’t until I’d cut into the old tube that I realised I wasn’t missing the last few inches of tube (see earlier posts) rather it was intact but had ridden forwards. Oh well - all fixed now, adjusted and running nicely. And thanks to @Chrisd for his help again.
Thats an improvement - are the welds holding the bracket on to the torsion bar tube OK? its hard to see from the back in that picture, the welds going into the thin tube look like they penetrated OK.
Thanks for the concern Mike - yes it’s very solid, it’s fully welded on the other side. Had a nice meaty welder (not my weedy one) for the job. I used some quite thick steel for the bracket and I’d say it’s stronger than the original quite flimsy stuff.
