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Roll Cage: Driver’s Door Bars
Posted by
Tom Hampton
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02-22-2011
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Okay, so based on the traffic to the site recently….folks are getting bored with the cage install. That’s okay, its almost done. I ordered the last of the parts that need to be welded to the cage, today. Accomplishments for the day: drivers door bars, and rear diagonal bar.
Windshield Bar (Round 2)
Okay, so last weekend I installed a door bar as the windshield bar. Today I got to grind and cut it out. Step one, put a brand new grinding wheel on the angle grinder to make sure I grind out nice and square. Once it was down to almost base metal, I put the cutting wheel on and under cut the weld. Then I used a hammer to knock it free. Finally, I put an old grinding wheel (rounded and smooth) on and ground the rest of the old weld material off and the pipe smooth.
Next install the REAL windshield bar. Not surprisingly it will a little quicker the second time around. Unfortunately, it reveals the mistakes I made with the cage sides. Apparently, I’ve left them a little wide, and cut them a little short. Then windshield bar doesn’t reach all the way to the windshield frame. Its not a structural issue, it just sits a little lower than it could.
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Windshield Bar (Round 2)
Okay, so last weekend I installed a door bar as the windshield bar. Today I got to grind and cut it out. Step one, put a brand new grinding wheel on the angle grinder to make sure I grind out nice and square. Once it was down to almost base metal, I put the cutting wheel on and under cut the weld. Then I used a hammer to knock it free. Finally, I put an old grinding wheel (rounded and smooth) on and ground the rest of the old weld material off and the pipe smooth.
Next install the REAL windshield bar. Not surprisingly it will a little quicker the second time around. Unfortunately, it reveals the mistakes I made with the cage sides. Apparently, I’ve left them a little wide, and cut them a little short. Then windshield bar doesn’t reach all the way to the windshield frame. Its not a structural issue, it just sits a little lower than it could.
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