Question for Hemi

henrys57wagon · WOODLAWN, ONT

Question for Hemi

slim · DUNDAS, ONT

Anything can be fixed its up to him to decide whether or not its what he wants to do. Risks , cost and time are a personal choice

JohnnyBgood · ST CATHARINES, ONT

WTF.....just hit the friggin thing...lol

slim · DUNDAS, ONT

JohnnyBgood wrote:
WTF.....just hit the friggin thing...lol

He did that's what started all this....

hemi43 · ONTARIO

Shut up you Guys !! The part has been straightened and is probably back on the g-damned car already. Stupid chat forums !!

slim · DUNDAS, ONT

hemi43 wrote:
Shut up you Guys !! The part has been straightened and is probably back on the g-damned car already. Stupid chat forums !!

He should of ask how to drive ... I'm sure he will need to fix the other side before we are done talking smile

Don · PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY

Aluminum is crack checked with a dye kit. I have done lots of it with cyl heads etc. Eastwood used to sell a small dye kit. The part is sprayed with a cleaner, then a red dye penetrant and then a developer. The crack stands out like a Nun in a short skirt with fishnet stockings. You couldn't miss it. If you straighten it, it would be with one good hard smack or shock. If it didn't go then chuck it. Aluminum while 1/3 stronger then steel at the same weight has some funny characteristics. Having cast lot of it out of fun and curiosity that would be my suggestion. One good smack, dye check it. If it comes through good , if not make one up as suggested from steel. The Dye check kit for aluminum was not particularly expensive. $30 to $35 I think.
Don

MANCAVER · info@mancavestuff.ca

I did not bend it and I did not straighten it. I was just seeking some knowledge on an expensive part that I did not want to throw away if it could be fixed. Got a lot of good talk on this thread and I learned from it. The part will now be re-classified as wall art.

To be honest, I think I asked the right guy. But I enjoyed all the other responses too!

Thanks to all.

MANCAVER · info@mancavestuff.ca

As an afterthought, I'm thinking that the lower control arm has the pushrod connected to it and it does most of the grunt work. The upper basically maintains wheel camber and has less performance demands on it.

True or not?

hemi43 · ONTARIO

True,it does not have to be as strong, but I'm sure we'll get another 2 pages telling us other benefits of upper control arms.

Gazoo · BADEN, ONT

hemi43 wrote:
True,it does not have to be as strong, but I'm sure we'll get another 2 pages telling us other benefits of upper control arms.

We could easily make it 3 pages, pending on whether or not DaveM wants to play. smile

Although we could likely come up with more disadvantages of not having an upper control arm. biggrin

DaveM · ONTARIO

Nope, we're good. I'm done. wink

JohnnyBgood · ST CATHARINES, ONT

hemi43 wrote:
Shut up you Guys !! The part has been straightened and is probably back on the g-damned car already. Stupid chat forums !!

LOL.......

34guy · MISSISSAUGA, ONT

WOW sure was a lot of guy's named Hemi on this thread

Sacotu · COBOURG, ONT

hemiroid maybe

Gazoo · BADEN, ONT

Maybe next time, he'll just send him a PM. And not post the question on the board, if all he wanted was specific person's answer. wink

slim · DUNDAS, ONT

Gazoo wrote:
Maybe next time, he'll just send him a PM. And not post the question on the board, if all he wanted was specific person's answer.

What fun would that be!! Hope he hit it with a BFH and sold it to someone in mexico

MANCAVER · info@mancavestuff.ca

Gazoo wrote:
Maybe next time, he'll just send him a PM. And not post the question on the board, if all he wanted was specific person's answer.

And maybe NOT.

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"To be honest, I think I asked the right guy. But I enjoyed all the other responses too!

Thanks to all."