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The LuvShack Garage
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Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
Well as some of you know my jimmy has the Surfer rack on top, well what
some of you don't know is where I work. ( Tennalum ) Today I scored 4-6' Aluminum rods. It is a newer alloy we produce and has a very high corrosion tollerance, the old rack was cheesy chrome tubing, this polished billet stuff aught to make a vast improvement, though it will be heavier overall. Here is the beginning pic's, and hopefully in less than a month we will have finished pics ![]() you ask, I CAN'T sell any due to company liability issues, sorry, the pic's ![]()
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
Set screws removed, rack off the roof, all in pieces now, one small
issue, the damn long rods ends are still stuck in the bullets, damnit.
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
that doesnt look like it will be fun
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
I thought you were going to ditch the roof rack?
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
Craig, if you have a steady hand and the tools needed you can make this problem go away. Cut the long rod and leave about 1/2 inch sticking out. Use a die grinder, Dremel tool, or a jig saw and cut a line just to one side of the setscrew hole. Be careful not to cut through the long tube wall. All we want is to weaken it until you can use a pin punch through the screw hole and collapse the tube and use a chisel to collapse the end inside the tube and the 1/2 inch you left sticking out. After you get it collapsed to where you can get a pair of needle nose pliers or vice grips hold of it you should be able to work it out. Make sure to keep these parts soaked in a good penetrant while all this is going on. If you don't have any luck bring them up when you return the trailer and we'll do it here. Any questions you have my number.
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
Hmmm, Looks like both your babies are in the garage.........you must have done some sweet talkin! PB 80 or PB blaster is a good penetrant for those stuck parts. Don't give up, the roof rack rocks!
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
![]() were, working on her rack ![]() look, she got out and said "That's in my spot" to which I replied "It's the weekend" so she was not happy, but got over it, tyvm for the tips ![]() *Ron, hope to be bringing the trailer back the week of 11/12 if it's ok?
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
if its realy realy impossible to get it out you could try this : get a piece of threaded rod a ring that will fitt inside the bullet but on the edge of the pipe youre trying to get out and a piece of pipe that slides over the pipe you get out and buds against the bullet .
the idea is to use the treaded rod to pull the old pipe in too the other bigger pipe with help of a bolt at each end turned tighter . from wat i see on the pics you can get to the end of the old pipe inside the bulletfrom the side . soaking it might be enough though
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
ALREADY OUT, soaked them yesterday with "Slick 50 one lube" it was all I
had in the garage, one had to be punched, torn, ripped, chiseled out, the others slid out with a lil grunting and alot of cusing ![]() billet rods cut & drilled tomorrow after church, and I might get finished ![]()
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
Can you still buy these racks?
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
Hotrod, no idea
![]() Trux, not right now, this is a driver and not a show truck, they are in 8 out of 10 condition, very small pitting and haze on em. *Added a pic of how it looked before I destroyed it Friday ![]()
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
whats it look like on the inside of the top? How does it bolt up?
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
Didn't get to work on it at all this weekend, did a lil cutting at work
today, I got all of the rods measured and cut, still need to drill the holes to mount it, I guess I will have to arch the front and rear, on the original rack those two had a slight arch in them, is it needed? *I still have not used the scotch bright on them yet, these are raw.
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
i think they made the arc to prevent the rods from sagging through and hitting the roof itself .
eeeh it has an upwart arc and you put a load on it it will try to straighten and become wider but because its wedged inside the bullets screwed in the roof it cant move out so it keeps its shape. when its a straight bar and it bends down it would pull itself out of the bullets because it gets shorter ........... hope you can see it in youre mind like i doo
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i got a job again and having fun at it too idea's for the trucks and the order of things to do are taking shape and get closer to being realized , a few more months and i be able to start building for real i complete 2 of the trucks intoo running fashion one custom and one basicly stock the thirth will be sacrificed for parts |
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
![]() rods are pretty flimsy, these BILLET screw machine stock rods are tuff, If I choose to arc em I will have to do it with or conduit bender at work, yes it is that tuff, I am going to test fit them as is, if I like it it will stay that way.
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
That's going to be one sweet rack! Good and beefy!
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![]() Thanks YJ, it's gonna be a slow week, I'm on Kaizen at work all week and do not get home early like normal, got my screws today, had them order them through work, they are a 1/4" longer than the OE ones, but they've got a cap head using a allen wrench vs. the old phillips style, I ordered them just a lil long since I will probably step bit the holes to flush mount.
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
Hate to beat a dead horse and not talk about the thread topic, but Craig I have an extra bedroom here at the house. Of course that offer only stands if you bring BLOCLVL and GQ with you. I can strip, errrrr, clean them for you while you are at work.
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
Good job on the rack. Can't wait for road trip shot going down I-40 with turtle top strapped on.
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
95% Finished, just need to Polish the old ROD(s) a bit more
![]() Most of you probably cannot see the differance from the pictures
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Re: Surfer Rack Makeover Thread
I'm diggin the rack! Glad you decided to save it!
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