WELD FREE Sump - Chassis Crossmember Mod

[TVRees]

I was thinking about how to make the "engine sump - chassis crossmember mod" without needing to do any welding.

Here's my idea, using two metal sleeves which can be slid in and out of position to easily remove the crossmember. Each sleeve will be secured using 2-4 heavy duty M10 through bolts (not yet shown).

The metal sleeves were made from an outside diameter 50.8mm, 6.3mm wall thickness cold drawn seamless steel tube.

The outside diameter of the chassis crossmember is approx. 38mm, so this tube is a good fit.
The wall thickness of the tube was machined back to approx. 3.5mm.

Removed crossmember and sleeves



Sleeves slid over crossmember





Sleeves slid into place





Any thoughts guys ?

[TVRees]

Thanks to everyone for the feedback.

This was just an idea from my side and all of the comments also really do confirm my initial thoughts regarding the "potential weakness" of this mod. So, it will be ceremonially binned

This afternoon, I ordered 2+2 lasercut flanges and these will be WELDED on to the ends of the crossmember tubes. I'll post a picture when it's all done and dusted.

Edited by TVRees on Wednesday 16th March 20:37