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dheming · Feb 5th, 2014, 22:36

Also finally finished the upper coilover crossmember. These tabs have the same 1.5" (3.8cm) inside spacing that the lower mounts do:

Decided to go with red spray paint because it makes it look faster:

With that done and bolted in the car next up was making all the spacers. To center the coilovers in their mounts required eight spacers roughly 1/4" (6.4mm) long. I used a brass plumbing nipple that had the perfect bore for 1/2" (12.7mm) bolts:

The spherical joints also required spacers to center them in place. Since I'm already using cheap joints as a temporary solution so I can just move the car I decided to make the spacers from plastic tube to save time. I made 20 of them from a 3/4" (19.1mm) PVC plastic plumbing nipple. They are about 0.542" (13.8mm) long and I bored them to 3/4" (19.1mm) with the lathe:

That nice 316SS tube I bought was way too hard to drill on my baby lathe. I was hopeful that I could pull it off, but stainless has a bad habit of work hardening. Someday I will get access to a real machine to work with it and I'll drill them out to 1/2" (12.7mm). For now I made some temporary ones from mild steel DOM tube. The outer diameter was 0.503" (12.78mm) which is a bit too large to fit inside the spherical joints. So I had to carefully file them down to 0.497" (12.62mm) to get a proper slip fit:

With spacers:

dheming · Feb 5th, 2014, 22:57

Since I'm on a budget I ended up going with mild steel links instead of the chrome-moly ones. This is what I got: http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Swedge...read,2091.html

With all the little bits and pieces made and installed it's finally ready to receive the axle:

Yesterday I reassembled the axle and I'm planning on installing it today. Once that's done the only thing left is to get some used tires for the Hydra wheels. Then she'll be rolling again.

Volvo Canadian · Feb 6th, 2014, 04:24

30 pages....

YAY!

dheming · Feb 6th, 2014, 07:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Volvo Canadian

30 pages....

YAY!

Your post made me think about how long it's been since I started this thread. It's been 4 years, 2 months and 23 days since the beginning.

dheming · Feb 8th, 2014, 22:06

Got everything installed:

Upper mount:

Underneath view:

Iamtheonlyreal1 · Feb 8th, 2014, 22:22

Looks pretty damn good..

nonhog · Feb 8th, 2014, 22:27

Nice............................

Bartezz · Feb 8th, 2014, 22:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iamtheonlyreal1

Looks pretty damn good..

Sure does and I hope you won't ruin a perfectly good custom build thread with the shameless promotion of your overpriced bolt-on product thank you very much!

Iamtheonlyreal1 · Feb 8th, 2014, 22:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bartezz

Sure does and I hope you won't ruin a perfectly good custom build thread with the shameless promotion of your overpriced bolt-on product thank you very much!

Boy, It sure looked like I only offered a compliment to me?

Volvo Canadian · Feb 12th, 2014, 05:16

Hahahah, I'm not exactly sure how that happened, but it made me laugh (Let's not take ourselves too seriously, mates!)

Back to the build, I'll say it if you won't: TA-DAH!!

And... you may laugh, or you may cry, but it is good to see everything together, 'cause in the midst of all the details I had lost track of what exactly you were doing! Can you summarize again - what, and why at least?

Feb 5th, 2014, 22:36	#291
dheming Member Last Online: Jun 29th, 2022 04:38 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Corvallis, Oregon USA	Also finally finished the upper coilover crossmember. These tabs have the same 1.5" (3.8cm) inside spacing that the lower mounts do: Decided to go with red spray paint because it makes it look faster: With that done and bolted in the car next up was making all the spacers. To center the coilovers in their mounts required eight spacers roughly 1/4" (6.4mm) long. I used a brass plumbing nipple that had the perfect bore for 1/2" (12.7mm) bolts: The spherical joints also required spacers to center them in place. Since I'm already using cheap joints as a temporary solution so I can just move the car I decided to make the spacers from plastic tube to save time. I made 20 of them from a 3/4" (19.1mm) PVC plastic plumbing nipple. They are about 0.542" (13.8mm) long and I bored them to 3/4" (19.1mm) with the lathe: That nice 316SS tube I bought was way too hard to drill on my baby lathe. I was hopeful that I could pull it off, but stainless has a bad habit of work hardening. Someday I will get access to a real machine to work with it and I'll drill them out to 1/2" (12.7mm). For now I made some temporary ones from mild steel DOM tube. The outer diameter was 0.503" (12.78mm) which is a bit too large to fit inside the spherical joints. So I had to carefully file them down to 0.497" (12.62mm) to get a proper slip fit: With spacers: __________________ "Why is it that there's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it again?"

Feb 5th, 2014, 22:57	#292
dheming Member Last Online: Jun 29th, 2022 04:38 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Corvallis, Oregon USA	Since I'm on a budget I ended up going with mild steel links instead of the chrome-moly ones. This is what I got: http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Swedge...read,2091.html With all the little bits and pieces made and installed it's finally ready to receive the axle: Yesterday I reassembled the axle and I'm planning on installing it today. Once that's done the only thing left is to get some used tires for the Hydra wheels. Then she'll be rolling again. __________________ "Why is it that there's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it again?"

Feb 6th, 2014, 04:24	#293
Volvo Canadian Bury me in my Volvo Last Online: Oct 18th, 2017 23:16 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Calgary (again!)	30 pages.... YAY! __________________ James

Feb 8th, 2014, 22:06	#295
dheming Member Last Online: Jun 29th, 2022 04:38 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Corvallis, Oregon USA	Got everything installed: Upper mount: Underneath view: __________________ "Why is it that there's never enough time to do it right, but there's always enough time to do it again?"

Feb 8th, 2014, 22:22	#296
Iamtheonlyreal1 Trader Last Online: Aug 1st, 2014 05:07 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Madill	Looks pretty damn good.. __________________ Robert Jackson Classic Auto Glass Innovations Flush Mount Glass Classicautoglassinnovations.com

Feb 8th, 2014, 22:27	#297
nonhog Senior Member Last Online: Jun 26th, 2022 22:30 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Seattle/Tacoma View Photos By: nonhog	Nice............................ __________________ 80 Bertone 5.0 Ford swap underway. http://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showthread.php?t=129720 66 Amazon Estate mild mods in the near future. (http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=332836)

Feb 12th, 2014, 05:16	#300
Volvo Canadian Bury me in my Volvo Last Online: Oct 18th, 2017 23:16 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Calgary (again!)	Hahahah, I'm not exactly sure how that happened, but it made me laugh (Let's not take ourselves too seriously, mates!) Back to the build, I'll say it if you won't: TA-DAH!! And... you may laugh, or you may cry, but it is good to see everything together, 'cause in the midst of all the details I had lost track of what exactly you were doing! Can you summarize again - what, and why at least? __________________ James Last edited by Volvo Canadian; Feb 12th, 2014 at 05:20.

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