Friday March 17, 2023 Guerneville CA.
Making a frame
I need a foundation frame for a small movable shed I want to build. I have some old metal that I can weld some smaller pieces together to make it. I set things up to weld some pieces together to make them longer.
I welded the shorter pieces together to make it the length I need.
Old van repairs
While that metal is cooling down, I jacked up the old van to work on the front springs.
Cheater bar
I needed to loosen up the big nuts on the U bolts to adjust the springs. The big nuts are on tight and real hard to get loose, so I used a cheater bar to help get them off.
Here’s the setup I started with, but I had to use a longer cheater bar as that one was too short to get enough leverage on the big nuts.
It only took a couple hours to loosen the big nuts on the U bolts as they were real hard to get loose. Once the U bolts were loose, I could adjust the springs to fix up their alignment.
New shackles and bushings
Once that was done, I was able to install the new spring shackles and bushings.
Not enough energy
I’ll have to tighten the big nuts back up tomorrow as I don’t have enough energy to do that today.
Foundation frame
I spent the rest of the day making this foundation frame for my new shed. I put it on blocks to level it up so I can get it all welded up right.
I got a good start on that foundation frame, but it got dark on me before I got it finished up. I need to get some more stuff to finish it up before I can finish it anyway.
Nice day.
