Looking for someone to heat, bend, reshape, weld, and drill on my Z-bar

[69gtconv]

I'm looking for a someone in the Bellaire area of Houston, who can heat, bend, reshape, weld, and drill on my old bent-up Z-Bar.

I appreciate your help. Bill

wjj

[planomustang]

69gtconv: Are you just trying to repair the bar or are you trying to modify it to fit headers,etc?

I have been through this process, and I did it myself. If you are trying to repair the bar, then you probably want to start with a new one. In my experience, once it bends, it looses its strength and will bend again.

If you have a really strong after-market clutch, you may need to re-enforce the bar. I ended up getting a new one from Dallas Mustang. Bending it to the appropriate shape, then sandwiched the bar with 1/8" steel for strength. No problems now.

I also did this little modification to make it easier to install. Note, this is the first z-bar I modified, and the second one looks much better.


http://home.swbell.net/rwking/zbar_web.jpg

(i fixed the link)
Randy

[planomustang]

ttt, just so people can see the fixed link to the image.

rk

[69gtconv]

Good idea...must make installation a lot easier, eh?

wjj

[planomustang]

69gtconv: That has been the most time saving modification that I have ever done. Since the time that I built my first adjustable z-bar, I have probably had to remove/install the bar at least 50 times (steering box replacement, TCP install, clutch job, new motor install, power brake install, etc). Each time it saves me having to loosen the motor mounts, then jacking the engine. Not to mention, it just slips in between the header tubes. I have probably saved at least 30 hours work over the last couple of years.

BTW, my current z-bar looks much better than the one in the picture. The one in the picture shows a mistake I made tapping out for the 3/4" all-thread.

Randy