WANTED beam lhd

LHD Late Bay Beam

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I Am Going to View a Late bay Crew Cab next week end the Guy Said it Needs a Beam we am doing a Swap my caddy for his crew

I Went for this type of deal a couple of weeks ago but the guy decided my caddy was not for him No Worries so have kept my eye open found another the lad said he will swap so have got a 175 mile drive next week end if i have it am defantley in need of a front beam any help pointers Greatly Apricated kind regards and All the Best Nick

 

lhd and rhd are the same...

If you go view a beam be armed with a solid screwdriver and tell the owner you are going to let rip...

I used to buy them from

http://www.vwrelics.co.uk/parts.php

solid imported ones..

 

Or give transporerhus a ring down in Cornwall. He sometimes has some bare beams laying around and sells them off cheap. He strips them for all the bits.
A beam swop is easier than it looks, I've done a few now with some good instruction Mr Lost in France gave me when he was lost in Cornwall. I will have a go at looking for them.

 

Wow I found it.

Replaiced my beam last year, it sound dauntimg but was quite straight foward to do.
Had this sent from Dandaz, hope he dont mind me posting it again, i found it very handy.
Replaiced mine earlier this year, looks more scary than it is.
Had this email from DanDaz, worked a treat for me


First slacken the wheel nuts
Jack up the axle
Take the road wheels off. Axle stands under the crossmembers.
Take off clutch cable, speedo cable.
Handbrake cable ,this will have a bracket as well..
Take off accelerator cable
Gearshift bar ,both bolts inside van and bolt towards the rear of the bar [usually a square bolt] ,the bar needs to come out...
Steering bar ,undo ball joint near axle [this will have a split pin ,I just remove the bolt and drill the pin out after..]
Speed cable...[split pin at end of hub] just pull it out..

That will take 20 mins...

Undo caliper bolts ,let them hang down...( i supported the weight of mine)
Undo the 4 bolts eitherside that holds the axle in place....The get easier access I take the top shock bolt off and move the shock...

Another 20 minutes...

Have a quick look to see if anything is in the way ,take the jack off ,the beam will stay putt...lol

I have a BIG bar and I put it on the top ball joint and wedge it under the chassis ,and push ,then same again and the otherside...If you have not got a bar jump up and down on the front discs/drums...

Slowely the axle will move ,be carefull before it drops to protect your disc backing plates...[if you have any]

and drag out ...

another 10 minutes..lol



The time is taken up swapping all your stuff ,the get your arms back on you may need to drop a ball joint...

You can get away with just taking away one end off ....Like one side of anti roll bar ,one end of the steering ...

Plenty of grease on the new beam it will just slip on.....

 

Thank You Both So Much for the info and advice

I Will Try the job my self if i have it if i get stuck i will cry to my brother lol hes a wicked mercanic Thank you Again

Any Idea how much i should exphe besext to pay for a bare beam??

All the best Nick

 

That dandaz bloke knew his stuff ,if I just had a bit of that guys knowledge I would be happy....

rustydiver do you have another user name?

 

Nope that was my name going all through school, Earlygay, TLB, ssvc and many more I won't mention.

Why?

 

I know I bought all the dropped spindles from him and the rest off the bits for the job (which is still sat in the garage a year later), think I paid about £30 for the bare beam and I ended up with two.

 

Do you want to Sell One if i buy it this week??
The Other thing you Dont Know How hevey a Crew Cab is Do You?? Please
Ive been asked by the recovery chap to get the weight of it and the lad im buying it off is away this week end all the best Nick

 

Mines for an early split screen.

Sorry havnt a clue on weights.

 

I moved mine about on a Peugeot recovery truck, a single axle job, nothing huge, basically a van cab with a long chassis it was fine, like this..
http://static.clickdealer.co.uk/vehicles/369/369083/full/695843.jpg
Afraid i dont know the weight tho'

Where are you? I hired the recovery vehicle from a company in Lower Hampton, £70.00 plus juice.

 

Nice one Neil a couple of Mates have got that type of truck ones got exatley the same truck the other has got a sprinter & a 7.5 tonner he just wonderd Whitch truck to take that's why he asked the weight
I live 10 mile out of Birmingham in the blackcountry yam yam land lol
Obvsley it will be cheaper with the smaller truck
Nice one for the info & Advice Apreciated Nick

 

Bump Any One Selling a Late Bay Beam?? It can be LHD or RHD

 

Bump a Bair beam would be Good

 

TTT For a beam Any One??

I'm going to try and take mine off tommorrow or Wednesday to see how bad it is
The Guy I bought the van off said it needs a beam

 

bump for a front beam please

 

Up for a beam please

 

Im Desprate to find a Beam Ive got the crew sat on my Drive Happy Days

 

You could email this guy, it didn't sell on ebay a couple of weeks ago:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=171068374100

 

Nice One Andy just sent him an email Thanks A Lot Nick