I swear my 124 can float!!

[azygoustoyou]

Okay guys and gals,
I had the rotisserie done for awhile and had fun putting the car on it. After working on the car for awhile scraping the bottom. I decided to rotate it and get to the other areas I couldn't reach. As I rotated it, the welds decided to pop. Oh my gosh, I can see air through the main weld that holds the two bumper arms and the main pipe going through the rotisserie top.
I hurried up and got my hoist to the car and connected it to the only thing that I could hook it to on the front. The sway bar supports. I used a mig welder to weld the items together for the rotisserie. I don't have the patients to deal with the same problems repeatedly. I went out and bought a arc welder. Got new metal and welded it again. I also redid the design of the rotisserie so I can lower/ raise it easier.

I still have a problem. For you all that have built a rotisserie or has one. How do you get it to stay in a certain position? Here's what I tried. It doesn't seem to be the easiest method.

[Curly]

The rotating head on mine has several cut outs indexed into a circular plate. A piece of hinged 1/2" square steel drops into the cutouts locking the head in place.

[azygoustoyou]

That's cool Curly,
I like that idea. The only problem is I gave some room for the inside pipe to float. It's not a tight fit. This way when I go to lower one end, there is some play for the other end. I need to find a better way to secure mine in certain positions. I think I'm just going to have to buy a longer bolt to hold it. When I put the bolt through the holes I drilled , there is a nut welded to the other side on the rotisserie.
I like your tray too. did you make that rotisserie?

[Curly]

That's cool Curly,
I like your tray too. did you make that rotisserie?

It's an old engine stand that I made years ago, and turned into one end of the rotisserie. For the tail end I modified (raised the head) a cheap 'Made in China' engine stand that cost less than the pair of swivel castors I bought for it.

[mdrburchette]

I took some close ups of how mine is made to give you another idea:

[azygoustoyou]

I like that idea Denise. Thank you very much. I'm going to fix mine tomorrow. One question though. Is there holes in the pipe? Or does the bolt just hold the pipe downward tightly?

[mdrburchette]

It just holds down on it. It's been very stable this way and the car can be adjusted any way you need it.

[azygoustoyou]

Hey Denise,
I copied your design on the bolt that holds the tube secure. It wouldn't hold mine in any position. I think it's due to the smaller diameter pipe I used. But it does hold the pipe in a lower secure area. Now I can get my bolt through the washer. Them together holds the car secure.

[pope]

Brady, I just drilled a hole straight through both pipes and inserted a bolt.

One horizontal, one vertical, two at apposing 45's. Rotate it and insert bolt long enough to put a nut on.

[azygoustoyou]

Thanks Pope'
If what I got gives me trouble. I'll do that.

[4babycar]

Brady, I believe that the reason you are having a issue is that your design is using a round tube inside of a round tube. This arrangement only generates 1 point of contact between the two walls and 1 and the bolt. The design of Denise's uses a round tube inside of a square tube turned on edge. This arrangement creates 2 point of contact between the tubing and then another with the bolt. The geometry helps quite a bit. The through bolt idea is probably the easiest solution at this point. Good luck.