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"I'll probably end up refabricating both
torque tubes from scratch."
Don´t. The flanges on my torque tubes were slightly
out of perpendicular too. I just bolted the torque tubes together and violated
them a little. It doesn´t take much force to straighten the flanges this way and
the welds hold up just fine.
My torque tubes were a bit short, though, so I had
a friend machine an aluminum spacer.
I would not fill the gap with Hysol, flox or the
like. There´s a good chance that this "glue spacer" will break up over
time, leaving you with only loosely connected torque tubes.
I believe the photos tell the story.
- and now get back
to sanding! I have attached a couple of
motivation pics. When stuff looks like this, all you need is another 100
hours of buffing and your paint job just might be deemed
acceptable...............
Very best regards
Tim Jorgensen
360 Gamma (MKIIOBFB), 80
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