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11-13-2011, 08:55 PM
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Got a picture? I think it would be pretty hard to bend the spindles so bad as to create negative camber on any WF model (without breaking the axle, too), as the spindles are pretty strong in that respect compared to the NF models. If they are bent and you need to bend them back, heat the part you are bending with an oxyacetylene torch to make it easier to bend.
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11-13-2011, 09:38 PM
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I'll try and post some pictures tomorrow.
I question heating the steel to bend, won't I loose some of the strength? Was hoping to use leverage and do it cold. My guess is I only need to bend them an 1/8" or less at the ends to get the camber correct. Problem will be getting them both correct.
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11-13-2011, 09:53 PM
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You will not (edit: noticeably) lose strength, as the steel is not heat treated. They're probably bent cold in a giant press at the factory, so there would some work hardening that you'd remove by heating it, but I would not worry about it. If the PO was bending spindles, he was doing something he shouldn't have been.
Something isn't quite making sense here...there is a lot of positive camber in the spindles. If you have negative camber and you only bend them 1/8" the other way, I don't think you'll even approach the original amount of positive camber. Just to make sure you don't have positive and negative camber backwards, negative camber means that the distance between the wheels measured at the top is less than the distance between the wheels at the bottom. Is this what you are experiencing?
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11-13-2011, 10:28 PM
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Do not heat the part with a torch. All steel (hot rolled or cold rolled) that is used to make parts such as this is "cold worked" during rolling process. That raises the strength.
Forming and shearing during manufacturing further strengthens the part. ANY heat that will ease the bending will reduce the strength. The final rolls of steel is done at a low enough temperature to raise the strength. Even if the steel has an oxide layer on it.
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