In three weeks from today, I'll be on the salt.
I've been burning a lot of midnight oil, checking things off the To Do list.
I ran into one area where I'm going to do some re-work. I'll try to describe the situation and relate it to the photos. When I did the cage, I ran a bar horizontally over where the driver's helmet would be. Unfortunately, this bar is too low in my opinion. I didn't curve it to match the profile of the main hoop of the cage, I just ran it straight across. After putting it in the truck, I knew it was going to be close. After adding the SFI padding, it's too close (like my helmet will hit the padding if I push up hard).
At this point, I'm planning to go back and cut that bar out. I want to replace it with some 6" wide x 1/4" thick steel plate, welded into sort of a half hexagon shape, closely matching the contour of the main hoop. I will then have to get some SFI sheet type padding for the inside of that area.
Please provide feedback for this proposed solution...
The bar without SFI padding, right above the helmet area, is the one that's too close for comfort...
I am proposing to cut this bar out, then add a weldment, which will be 3 pieces (one angled up from the left, one angled up from the right, and one horizontal across the top)
Am I worrying too much? Should I just cut the bar out and forget about it? Any other proposed solutions? I don't think there's enough room for me to bend up a new bar to fit in that area (I can't make bends that tight and close together).
Steve.
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