goodguydrew
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| posted on 15/11/07 at 10:29 PM |
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Wishbone tube thickness
I intend to buy the tube for my front suspension tomorrow.
I plan to use:
19mm dia, 1.6mm wall thickness for the top tubes.
25mm dia, 1.6mm wall thickness for the
bottom tubes.
Does anyone have any advice on this?
Thanks folks.
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ecosse
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| posted on 15/11/07 at 10:35 PM |
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I used 19x2.5 on the top and 25x2 on the bottom if that helps any.
Presuming you are going for book style suspension it will be the bottom arm that takes the load, plenty advice about on the subject if you do a search
though.
Cheers
Alex
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goodguydrew
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| posted on 15/11/07 at 10:43 PM |
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Yes, standard book front suspension.
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ecosse
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| posted on 15/11/07 at 11:00 PM |
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Are you buying the bottom wishbone plates or making them?
Do you have a tube notcher or are you doing it by hand?
There is a tube cutting program about (tubemitre I think?) to get the angles/fishmouths right, I should still have it somewhere if you need it?
Cheers
Alex
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sgraber
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| posted on 16/11/07 at 12:01 AM |
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winmiter.exe
http://home.tallships.ca/mspencer/winmiter.html
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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johnemms
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| posted on 16/11/07 at 08:55 AM |
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My opinion is I'd rather the front wishbone - bent - twisted - sheared etc... on curbing it or glancing blow as opposed to ...
So strong it ripped my front chassis rail and body work either off or out of line...
Just my thoughts anyway....
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Delinquent
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| posted on 16/11/07 at 09:21 AM |
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book I've just read reckons that you shouldn't go below 20mm dia 3mm wall thickness for the main load bearing arm, so ecosse's 25 x
2 sounds good to me for the lower.
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goodguydrew
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| posted on 16/11/07 at 09:25 AM |
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Thanks for the advice.
I think I have a copy of the tube mitre program.
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