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how to tell diff. between thin and thick wall square tubing..
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=196457
gonna do that^^ and have a piece of 2" square tubing...not sure if its thin wall or thick wall how do i determine this..... thanks, and try'n be quick lol i'll go measure it rite now..
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Re: how to tell diff. between thin and thick wall square tubing..
crap, turns out the biggest stuff ive got is only 1.5".......guess tomorow when i go to school i'll stop by the metalyard see what i can get...till then this project is postponed...thanks anyway
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Re: how to tell diff. between thin and thick wall square tubing..
easiest way i know to tell if tubing is thick or thin wall is to look at the end crossection of it and see if its thick or thin//or measure the thickness with a micrometer
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Re: how to tell diff. between thin and thick wall square tubing..
What he said.
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Re: how to tell diff. between thin and thick wall square tubing..
imo thick = >.120"
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Re: how to tell diff. between thin and thick wall square tubing..
The easy well to tell is looking at the corners of the tubing.
Very sharp corners will be thin wall. Rounded corners wil be thick wall. Mick Last edited by MickMc; 03-03-2009 at 07:55 PM. |
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Re: how to tell diff. between thin and thick wall square tubing..
The tubing I used when I wrote that article was 250 thou. I used it because it was available and overkill.
I kind of agree with the guy above though, as long as it's .125 or thicker, that's pretty thick. BTW 125 tho is 1/8 of a inch.
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Re: how to tell diff. between thin and thick wall square tubing..
hey tx firefighter, i used 2.5" thick wall tubing, got 8.5 lbs of it for 1 dollar lol
anyhow, where should i look tomroorw for someplace to get my u bolts, and will the 24" ubolt be eenough for for the added .5" THANKS and i need help tryin to find where to get ubolts lol
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Re: how to tell diff. between thin and thick wall square tubing..
have you thought about just buying a set http://store.gaugemagazine.com/loweringblocks.aspx
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Re: how to tell diff. between thin and thick wall square tubing..
He'll save some money doing it himself if he can get cheap u-bolts.
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Re: how to tell diff. between thin and thick wall square tubing..
Ya 35 bucks is alot to spend, especially when you can usually find the tubing somewhere for cheap or free
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Re: how to tell diff. between thin and thick wall square tubing..
You can't use the lowering blocks in that link. Those are for leaf spring trucks. Our coil spring trucks use a much different setup.
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Re: how to tell diff. between thin and thick wall square tubing..
1 dollar for the 2.5" tubing 8.5 lbs for a dollar lol
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