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  1. rosco

    Torque Rod Lengthening

    Steel is steel. Its weldable with proper technique! Cast iron is different, but there are techniques for that too. Yeah... probably the same kinds of basic joints. Spring wrap - axle hop, what ever... When I was a kid we called the remedy Traction Masters that somebody commercially made -...
  2. rosco

    Torque Rod Lengthening

    The stuff will weld just fine, with proper technique. If your using a MIG, your probably not hot enough! However the reason that I comment again is that in your brief drawing of the spring dog-bone, you need another joint, to allow flexing. On semi-elliptical springs. both ends/sides from...
  3. rosco

    Torque Rod Lengthening

    Probably a pipe sleeve would be just fine. You will be dealing with tension and compression. Do you know the dimension of the rod itself? Then you can check the nominal size of pipe, schedual 40 & 80, to see if you can get a reasonable fit. Another trick is to use a fair bit of overlap, and...
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