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Old 10-09-2013, 11:44 AM   #13
Smitty
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Default Re: Straightened a chassis yesterday

A neighbor and I straightened the frame in my coupe a couple of years ago. On Brents advice we used heat to straighten the frame using only enough to bring steam off the heated part of the frame rails. My neighbor is a race car fabricator and has a big steel table which he uses to build chassis, it is perfectly flat. He also told me that heating is the method he uses to straingten rear axle housings when the have been damaged in a wreck.
Been about 5 years and the frame is still holding alignment.
Steve
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