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Title: Fitting CSP AVIS adjusters Post by: RichardinNZ on January 12, 2012, 05:52:13 am I'll soon be pulling my beam apart for this. Somewhere I saw mention of heating and reshaping the dimples rather than drilling them out. Has anyone done this; is it just the back dimples that need reshaping?
Thanks Richard Title: Re: Fitting CSP AVIS adjusters Post by: Chris W on January 12, 2012, 07:05:29 am I cut them all out and filled them. Also had to fill a bit of the front ones that the adjuster did not cover.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-upNu7r5lUjI/TOCD8iDAaaI/AAAAAAAAMG0/94RTXNjsDUQ/s640/IMG_5787.JPG) Title: Re: Fitting CSP AVIS adjusters Post by: RichardinNZ on January 12, 2012, 09:16:26 am Hi Chris
Many thanks for the piicture; very neat! Will show it to the person welding my beam.... regards Richard Title: Re: Fitting CSP AVIS adjusters Post by: ibg on January 12, 2012, 10:53:16 am The other way is to heat the dimples nearly white hot and use a BFH and a pipe to push the centre piece along past the dimples, pushing the tube flat as it goes. Cut, weld and fill is much prettier.
Title: Re: Fitting CSP AVIS adjusters Post by: RichardinNZ on January 14, 2012, 08:21:07 am Why is cut/fill prettier? Does the heating method look a bit of a mess afterwards; I have to get the final result certified (to meet our local laws) so it will need to look good!
Thanks Richard Title: Re: Fitting CSP AVIS adjusters Post by: ibg on January 15, 2012, 00:21:25 am The dimples don't push out evenly, looks a bit like a crinkle cut potato chip in the dimple area. When the dimples are pressed into the beam the metal stretches, when you beat it out again it doesn't shrink.
Title: Re: Fitting CSP AVIS adjusters Post by: RichardinNZ on January 16, 2012, 00:46:24 am Many thanks...will bear that in mind (will be tackling at Easter).
regards Richard Title: Re: Fitting CSP AVIS adjusters Post by: ibg on January 16, 2012, 11:22:48 am Richard, this is pretty funny, an Aussie giving advice to a Kiwi on a (mostly) Euro forum. It really is a world wide hobby
;D Ian, Melbourne Australia Title: Re: Fitting CSP AVIS adjusters Post by: RichardinNZ on January 18, 2012, 09:30:35 am Hi Ian
Yes...truly international, but we are almost neighbours!! Thanks for the help Richard |