Re: 1934 shock links

Posted by todd jordan rayner On 2009/4/7 1:43:14

looks to me if you measure the width of your shock end with the rubbers in you should be able to print that picture and figure out the scale of it and use one of those triangle scale rulers to determine the right dimentions of the rest of the part., now as far as making a set you might be able to cheat a bit and make it easy by taking the shafts from a set of old worn out tube shocks which will have the washers rubbers and nuts and will no doubt be strong enough for the rod end. then one could hand form the fork end and tig them together. or if your short on hammer forming experience it wouldnt be that hard to build a u-shape female die from some heavy bar and a corrasponding male die and press them out of flat bar or thin plate in an average shop press.looks like a bit of a cup shape on the bottom so you would probably want to make the end of the male die on a lathe and free-style the corrasponding bowl in the female die with a die grinder.