 Frame rails re-visited, Shock tower re-inforcement |
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| SteveSr |
 Aug 23 2004, 10:48 AM
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Thanks to Jeroen's thread I decided to cut away the body seam sealer and have a look at how the shock towers are fastened (not fastened?) to the body.Brad & Jeroen I can see how they would tear away after a while with stiff springs and racing stresses. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) Here are a couple of pics..........
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| eeyore |
Aug 24 2004, 12:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 889 Joined: 8-January 04 From: meridian, id Member No.: 1,533 Region Association: None |
And now, for some unsolicited advice:
A problem the offroad guys found out is that if you weld tube onto another surface (even cromo), it will crack near the weld and eventually punch a hole through the material. It seems doubly the case for heavy tube into sheetmetal. The drawing is very poor, but I would cut away a large piece of the crossmember bar (in green) so that both ends match the back/top contour of the shock tower (in red). This increases the welded surface area (blue), and decreases the amount work that is done against a specific piece of sheetmetal. Attached image(s) 
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SteveSr Frame rails re-visited Aug 23 2004, 10:48 AM
SteveSr Thanks for the tip!!!!! :troph... Aug 23 2004, 10:52 AM Jeroen Hey Steve,
Looks good.
Can you post some pics loo... Aug 23 2004, 11:02 AM SteveSr Here ya go Jeroen,I fashioned a piece of sheet met... Aug 23 2004, 01:40 PM SteveSr Whoops.......forgot to post the pictures............. Aug 23 2004, 01:42 PM SteveSr and another...................... Aug 23 2004, 01:43 PM Jeroen Steve,
I hate to be a critic, but I think you nee... Aug 23 2004, 05:14 PM Cloudbuster Could even more of that shock tower come off? Lik... Aug 23 2004, 06:40 PM Jeroen QUOTE
SteveSr Thinking too much is my problem :headbang: I,m a t... Aug 24 2004, 08:42 AM SteveSr What about :welder: a piece of sheet metal on the ... Aug 24 2004, 01:46 PM Cloudbuster <... Aug 24 2004, 02:39 PM Jeroen Here's what I did on my previous chassis
The x... Aug 24 2004, 05:20 PM Jeroen way up there
pic 2 Aug 24 2004, 05:21 PM Jeroen close up of the curve
pic 3 Aug 24 2004, 05:22 PM Jeroen Here's the rest of the x-braces
The ones from ... Aug 24 2004, 05:26 PM SteveSr I dove into the hellhole last nite with :sawzall:... Aug 25 2004, 08:36 AM SteveSr one more................ Aug 25 2004, 08:37 AM Jeroen <... Aug 25 2004, 08:40 AM SteveSr Yes! very surprised. Now on to the other side ... Aug 25 2004, 10:34 AM SteveSr Welded up one side lastnite :welder: ,now to the o... Aug 31 2004, 10:52 AM brant Perhaps Chris or one of the other expert welders w... Aug 31 2004, 12:50 PM SteveSr :agree: I'm a toolmaker,certainly not an exper... Aug 31 2004, 01:34 PM
maf914 Steve and Jeroen,
Thanks for the photos and expla... Aug 31 2004, 02:43 PM |
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