17-05-2020, 09:50 AM
Hi Parazine
Good job. I must think about doing something similar on my RK.
Just one thought. It may be worth jacking up the body slightly before fitting the frame. The frame itself (despite being very robust) will deflect under load and that deflection may be enough to cause cracks and door misalignment. When you release the jack the frame stresses and deflects back to where you want the body to be.
In a former life I was a structural engineer and remember a builder fitting a huge overdesigned beam into an newly formed opening. The beam deflected, ever so slightly and all the brickwork above cracked! He should have inserted slate wedges above the beam to prestressed it and take the load.
Hope I’m not “teaching grandmother to suck eggs”?
Cheers
Howard
Good job. I must think about doing something similar on my RK.
Just one thought. It may be worth jacking up the body slightly before fitting the frame. The frame itself (despite being very robust) will deflect under load and that deflection may be enough to cause cracks and door misalignment. When you release the jack the frame stresses and deflects back to where you want the body to be.
In a former life I was a structural engineer and remember a builder fitting a huge overdesigned beam into an newly formed opening. The beam deflected, ever so slightly and all the brickwork above cracked! He should have inserted slate wedges above the beam to prestressed it and take the load.
Hope I’m not “teaching grandmother to suck eggs”?
Cheers
Howard