Another Build Thread - My '32

[J. Robinson]

When welding the splined sleeves into the fabricated arms, they must be indexed correctly in relation to the anchors at the opposite end. To do this, I set the torsion bars up on a flat surface, side by side, with the parts exactly opposite each other. Another way of putting it, they are mirror images of each other. With everything squared up (using a combination square), the arms and sleeves can be tacked together.

The inside of the sleeve does not have splines all the way through. It is actually larger inside where the splines end, so there needs to be something to keep the torsion bar from sliding all the way through and disengaging from the splines. I found that 1 inch EMT conduit is exactly the right diameter to slip into the spline sleeve. I measured the length from the end of the spline to the end of the sleeve (15/16") and cut pieces of conduit to fit. Dropped into the end of the sleeve, the conduit rests on the splines. All there is to do then is finish welding the sleeve, arm, and conduit together. I cranked up the amps on my welder to put the sleeves and arms together, then turned it back down to weld the conduit spacers in. When finished welding, I ground off the lumps where I stopped and started the welds, but was careful not to grind away too much. These welds are under constant stress when the car is finished.