<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div>If the beam was hit with a lube job, would any rusted holes behind the clamp rubber become evident by grease oozing out? If so...well...time for a new beam, unless there's some way to do some welding to cure the rust situation. CAN such welding be done what with the grease, and torsion bar, inside? <br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"> The rust that killed my axle beam a few months ago was at the end...near where torsion bar enters the beam. Lucky I had a spare...the last one.<br></div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal;">As for installing a new (or "new") clamp, a little grease on the rubber donut on top helps if it doesn't want to slide into position.<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Subject: [T3] Beam clamp wanted<br><br>I have a bunch of good ones, but if that clamp is rusted out, its very<br>likely the beam is all rusted out under the rubber bushing too.<br><br>Keith --<br><br>Thanks for the quick response.<br>I won't know the condition of the Axle Beam, under the Rubber Bushing and<br>Clamp until it's disassembled.</div></div></body></html>