The Chassisworks Factory - Behind The Scenes
 

EDIT 3/3/15: Many of the photos in this thread are linked/hosted from Facebook. Occasionally there are issues with images showing or having new locations assigned to them by FB. If you can't see the pic, click the link. If that link is dead, check out www.Facebook.com/CAChassisworks or www.Facebook.com/TotalControlProducts to view albums with all the images we have shared so far.
~Carl
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I have wanted to start a thread like this for a long time. We get lots of questions from people asking who makes certain parts for us, who the supplier is for this nifty part or what car that part came off. For the overwhelming majority of the parts we sell, the answer is "We made it." Obviously we don't make nuts and bolts and things like that, but of the nearly 20,000 individual component part numbers in our system, over 9,000 of them (and counting!) enter our building as raw material.

I'll use this thread to post pictures of completed parts, components, machinery, raw materials, assembly, and maybe occassionally the people here at Chassisworks. I'll post a short description of what you're looking at with each. There will be some sneak peeks along the way too.

I'll be happy to answer questions about anything that is posted. Not everything will be Pro-Touring related but, if nothing else, I hope people will still think it's cool. Some pics will be taken with a camera, others with my phone so I'll apologize ahead of time if some are not 'professional' grade.

So, without further ado, here's some pics!

Chassisworks designed and manufactures several different sizes of precision spherical pivot balls. They reduce deflection common to bushing style control arms, are fully rebuildable, and are incredibly strong. These are fresh from one of our Mazak CNC turning stations and will be used in our TCP lower control arms for early Mustangs.
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And here is a small production run of the TCP Lower Control Arms ready to be boxed and shipped. They have increased rigidity and feature our TrueCenter™ pivot socket which improves suspension geometry by better controlling the balljoint travel arch.
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Continuing the billet theme, these are our billet aluminum lower control arms. Originally these were built for our #7154 Canted Billet 4-Bar backhalf, a universal kit used in everything from '69 Camaros, to 2010 Camaros. Okay, it fits other cars too, that's why it's universal. Anyway, they were built for that kit, then I had a customer who HAD to have them for his Chevelle. So Chris gave me a price and the guy bought some arms. Now they are available for 64-72 A-Body, 78-87 G-Body, 67-2002 F-Body and 64.5-70 Mustangs.
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That's all for tonight, I'll post some more stuff tomorrow.

Thanx for posting Carl. I love the made in :flag2: part :thumbsup:

From down the road (well I-5 lol), Mike

Carl - Thanks for a little Chassisworks insight.

I've always wondered just how complex the Chassisworks operations are based on the vast and focused product offerings in the website. Looking forward to more! :thumbsup:

I agree,thanks

Pretty cool stuff.:thumbsup:

I love those billet control arms!

Thanks for all the positive feedback everyone!

Since lower control arms seem to be a positive topic, here's a couple more pictures on the subject.

Here is a before and after of the rod ends/pivot ball housings for the g-Link adjustable lower control arms. They're made in the turning department. The blanks are precision cut by one of our CNC saws which helps us keep material waste to a minimum. They could end up in any of the same cars as the billet arms.
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These g-Bar lower control arms were still hot from being welded. Their next stop will be the grinding booth for inspection and clean up, then off to be powder coated black. Once coated we will install polyurethane bushings, steel sleeves, and grease zerks. The zerks really help keep down the squeaking and extend the service life. The longer barrel in the picture will fit perfectly in the front leaf spring pocket. The bushing housing is CNC machined to exactly match the ID and OD of the control arm tubing. This helps the welder to get better weld penetration yielding a stronger, more uniform weld. Also, it makes it more difficult for him to put it in the wrong place! Ha! The narrower end goes on the housing side.

Because this is a little more specific, these are made to fit 67-81 F-Body, 68-72 X-Body, and 65-70 Mustangs. There are a couple more applications in the pipeline so watch this thread!
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Cool stuff

I got a "mini tour" years ago, impressive facility and machines. The automation is very cool.

Chris and Carl gave me a tour a couple of months ago and it is a very impressive facility. There's alot of new innovative product in the works as well!