In a message dated 12/3/02 7:22:35 AM Pacific Standard Time, lwdent@fwi.com
writes:
> Since I spent many seasons in successfully campaigning a Super 7, I feel
> somewhat qualified to make several comments .
>
> Upon repair we then put the body back on both with rivets and with a 3 m
> Epoxy glue designed for structural usage. .
>
> This adhesive is two part and comes in two tubes that fit into a gun
> that dispenses through a mixing tube so the line of adhesive lays out
> pre mixed and in exactly the amount you need. Makes the 7 frame into a
> little monococque sort of thing and adds a loot of rigidity. It's worth
> the extra effort, believe me.
>
While this appears at first blush to be a good idea, I have to question
whether you aren't setting yourself up for some agony the NEXT time you have
to remove the body for maintenance - be it for it's overhaul every couple of
decades, or sooner in the event of a shunt.
Just how easily does the glued-on body come off again?
Bill
(who bolted, rathet than bonded, his TVR body to the frame after sawing it
off the first time)
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