Re: Henry's 55 Constellation

Posted by HH56 On 2008/9/16 12:53:34

I can think of a couple of ways doing without the tool and fabricating some pieces but whatever you make has to be out of heavy heavy material and safety would be key.

Strapping the frame down is probably a must because without the body weight, it will be extremely hard to remove the short bars since they must be in a neutral or no load position to remove the compensator without something flying across the room and perhaps a piece of you with it. By strapping the frame to floor and winching it down to simulate a load would solve that issue or possibly the other way would be to fabricate something between rear axle and top of frame to squeeze them together until a no load point is reached.

Something shaped like the piece shown is drawing with the leverage to clamp onto link is a must and instead of jack screw a chain lift or heavy come-a-long attached to opposite frame. You'd also need the centering piece to keep the link located when working on it. I can't stress enough, safety. The forces on the bars are tremendous.