[s-cars] short shaft

[Keith Maddock]

Bill Mahoney <wmahoney at disk.com> wrote:
> So, in keeping with the theme of totally impractical, what would be the
> collective opinion of being able to merely bend this one inch of steel a
> weenie little 15mm on each side.  Can I bend steel with my bare hands?
> Would I need a 10 meter breaker bar extension.  What kind of torch would
> I need to heat up the section to bend and how long ya think it needs
> heating?
> Or perhaps best; take it to a welding shop and have them do it?
> What say ye?

I don't know the answer nor could google it with the remainder of my
lunch break - however I'll put out an educated guess that any working
you want to do should not involve much heat  - otherwise you could
ruin the spring characteristics of the bar.

You might try to find a shop which does custom sway bar fabrication
and find out what they suggestion, unless they want to treat it as a
trade secret...

Cheers,
Keith