All the fabricators locally seem to have gone out of business for one reason or another.
Petty excuses, retirement or death.
I doubt my HF bender can render what I need without flattening or kinks.
Need to determine wall thickness but should not have to be particularly heavy since it's going into the TR fame and there will be additional space-frame structure.
This is to modify a formerly flat TR4A frame rail to have a kick for rear axle travel with trailing arms.
Currently the axle is sitting on the under-slung frame.
I want some travel without lifting the inside wheel or being so stiff as to be a large Go-Kart.
2.5" OD tube, 14" long and 5.0" apart measured at the inside.
Clamping a reinforcement bar in place at the bottom until welded.
My thought is to hole-saw the TR frame from the top stopping at the top of the lower frame rail surface.
Welding to the perimeter of the U bend has to be stronger than welding the end of the U to the top of the old rail.
Then remove the brace and weld through to the ends of the U.
Other suggestions?
Wish I could sketch this in CAD.