Overview
Suitable for use on VE, VF, VG, VH, VJ, VK, CL & CM Valiant vehicles (including Charger and Hardtop models!)
A common area for structural rust in a Valiant is the right hand chassis rail, particularly where the steering box is mounted.
Hemi Performance designed and manufactured these repair sleeves many years back as a quick, reliable and cost-effective way of fixing the issue.
Simply drop your steering box (or Hemi Performance rack and pinion conversion) off your chassis, clean up the length of your chassis that will be covered by the sleeve, then slide the sleeve into place.
It has all the cut outs required to slide into place as easily as possible - although expect to use a fair amount of force as they are a snug fit!
Once the sleeve has been fitted, have a professional weld the entire length of the left and right side of the sleeve, but don't weld across the front and back as it can cause fatigue.
Application Notes:
- Running our pre-2008 rack and pinion conversion system? The right hand sleeve in this kit is not suitable as your chassis rail will be missing it's steering box bracket.
- Own a AP5, AP6 or VC model? You can buy this sleeve as a starting point - however you will need to modify it to fit.
Customer Reviews
- Awesome By Ross (posted on 28/03/2021)
- Be all 5 stars but you can't just fit it by unwrapping from the packaging so ease of installation has to only be 4 stars
- Excellent quality By Campbell (posted on 30/06/2020)
- Perfect for fiixing/strengthening rusted chassis rails.
- All as expected By William (posted on 27/12/2019)
- Used them before they do the job
- Haven't fitted them yet but appear to be easy to do and seem to be a snug fit which will be good. By John (posted on 4/08/2019)
- Very well made, certainly a quality product that should be easy to fit. My frames are clean and solid with no rust as vehicle has been garaged for the 40+ years of my ownership so fitting these just to reinforce the frames for the future.
- chassis rail repair By peter (posted on 15/06/2018)
- This product helps put your car back on the road with safety you would spend a lot of time to get this project right without this piece of equipment.
- Great By Rodney (posted on 8/06/2018)
- Excellent item repairs a common fault with all Valiants.
- Worth doing, bit involved though By McRab (posted on 27/06/2016)
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My steering mount on my '73 VJ Charger had cancer around the welds and a bit on the surrounding frame rail. I could have easily had some small steel plates cut and welded in, but seeing as I had the engine out and the K Frame out, I decided to buy this product.
After removing all the dirt/rust/paint from the frame rail, this fit nice and snug - it did need a bit of trimming here and there to the existing slots and cutouts, but nothing major. It also involves grinding and rewelding the bump stop mounts.
I'm happy with the end result, but be aware that it's not a handyman level job. Requires welding and manly power tools. And a hoist made things much easier.
Additional Information
| SKU | 116.72519 |
|---|---|
| Sale Unit | Each |
| Legacy Part Number | CRRSR |