Hello All,
In the process of stripping down an old fury, and i have just noticed that both of the rear hub carriers have cracked through in the same place (i.e.
same on both sides of the car)
Here's a picture of one of them - has anyone seen this before ?
Cheers
Tris
what, like this?
and this
Hmm, yep 
So whats the fix ?, is it just a case of getting a better version ?
Oooooo, that's scary! Where should I be looking to see that?....
thanks
Scary stuff indeed! Better check mine this winter then.
Just a couple of observations
the lack of a washer or spreader plate under the bolt head won't have helped.
The fracture appears brittle in nature ie, noobvious plastic deformation (permanent stretching) this makes me suspect the parent metal is in a
brittle/hard condition,
It would be interesting to see the actual fracture surfaces of the cracks and a good look at the edges of the plate adjacent to the holes, this
might give an indication as to which edge the crack started from.
I'm live axle so have no direct exprience of this, but I'm susre Tim H will have seen it. Have a look see at what he did at the rear.
anyone talked to Steve Hughes about this, and possible design improvements for furture builds?
that would be a good idea, mine's just come back from him,... don't think that he is a member here, so will drop him a line,..
I think from memory TimH used a single through bolt for both bottom wishbone mounting with a spacer between on his RGB Fury. That reduces the flexing and stops the cracking in theory. It's an upgrade I've been intending to do but never got arond to... yet.
quote:
Originally posted by MK9R
I'm live axle so have no direct exprience of this, but I'm susre Tim H will have seen it. Have a look see at what he did at the rear.
quote:
Originally posted by Tris
Hello All,
In the process of stripping down an old fury, and i have just noticed that both of the rear hub carriers have cracked through in the same place (i.e. same on both sides of the car)
Here's a picture of one of them - has anyone seen this before ?
Cheers
Tris
History - well my car is an race'er (not road legal) which has seen quite a bit of action. Its for this reason that i am stripping it totally
down and rebuilding it, replacing as i go.
Speaking to Tim H today via email, it appears that he went through a few of these racing, until doing this mod with the spacer (just need to find a
bolt long enough !). Not going to try welding / repairing the current units, so its a phone call to Fury Sports Cars on monday morning.
Cheers
Tris
quote:
Originally posted by MK9R
I'm live axle so have no direct exprience of this, but I'm susre Tim H will have seen it. Have a look see at what he did at the rear.