Outrigger sleeving size?

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Could anyone tell me the size of tube needed to internally sleeve Chimaera chassis tube please? OD and gauge.

I spoke to metals4you yesterday and it seems that they don't have any tube that you can hammer into the existing 38mm 16 gauge tube for a snug fit. They also don't have a tube that will fit snug on the outside either. If the sizes of pipe for internal/external sleeving don't exist, how do people get around this issue?

Thanks in advance
Cad

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Kitchski said:

35mm is the size you need, though the snugness of the fit will depend on what gauge you've used. For alignment purposes all 35mm is fine, but if you want the snug fit you need to match the gauge. I would have suggested talking to metals4u, but.........

Thanks for the reply. I'm going to be using the same gauge as is there originally, so 35mm will be too small unfortunately (by 1.4mm approx).

I kind of worded my original post wrong. The reason being I wanted to find out if there was some trick to filling the void of 1mm or so to make a snug fit. As another PHer mentioned 'hammering' in the tube to sleeve the joint before welding.
But I should have asked if there was a supplier of 36.4mm 14/16 gauge mild steel tube that I can phone..

Cheers

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Challenger C4s said:

Bought mine from "Hub Le Bas"
Good luck with the job
James

Thanks They're going to ring me back after lunch.

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davelittlewood said:

Out of interest, are you lifting the body? If not, how are you going to weld the top of the tubes?

The body is off the chassis already.

Cheers