theconrodkid
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| posted on 27/3/06 at 06:53 PM |
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la/lb
i,m building a mcsorley book chassis,anyone got a paper wrapround to give angles on LA/LB?
also are there any probs with the location of FU1/FU2 as in rons book?
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DIY Si
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| posted on 27/3/06 at 07:55 PM |
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Not sure about problems as such, but you'll be better putting the wishbones in place if poss and placing FU1/2 to suit. Or so Ive been told.
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ned
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| posted on 27/3/06 at 10:07 PM |
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jon, you should remember this from your first chassis!
fu tubes are apptly named and really need jigging with some threaded bar and some offcuts with holes suitably located to postion the suspension
brackets at the same time you align the fu's..
Ned.
[Edited on 27/3/06 by ned]
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Gav
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| posted on 27/3/06 at 10:14 PM |
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Easiest way i found for the la/lb tubes was to start with the point and work my way round with a protractor then measure from the point for the length
then transfer this with a square round to the other side of the tube then repeat with the protractor.
Then cut each individual angle with a hacksaw..
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dave_w11
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| posted on 27/3/06 at 10:54 PM |
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I used these based on the mcsorley plans and also jigged up the suspension brackets to
hold the tubes against for welding. I'm not sure if they worked out to be quite a perfect fit but I cut it a bit long and then ground bits off
till it fitted.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 28/3/06 at 05:59 AM |
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diy si,its chicken n egg,what to do first,ned....that was a loooooong time ago and dave,that was what i was looking for,cheers peeps
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Peteff
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| posted on 28/3/06 at 08:42 AM |
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I've leant my front section back an extra inch at the top to put the top wishbone brackets in a better position. It seemed the easiest way to
solve it.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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James
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| posted on 28/3/06 at 09:32 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
I've leant my front section back an extra inch at the top to put the top wishbone brackets in a better position. It seemed the easiest way to
solve it.
I was gonna suggest that too. Otherwise you have to have the daft looking plates to support the brackets.
John,
IIRC with SP1 you cheated and made the L section square and just leant it backwards. Depending on your nose cone that would probably work fine.
Remember to make sure the outer 'faces' of the L verticals run parallel to the centre-line of the chassis.
Also, if you use the wishbones to set FU1/2 (and 'E' remember that the book figure of 11mm offset is wrong. If should be 22/23mm with
Cortina uprights and 25mm (IIRC from what Mark Allanson was saying) with Sierra uprights.
If you use the diagrams and braket jig that's in my photo archive you should be ok.
Cheers,
James
EDIT: Oh, and now is a good time to change the 'L' section a little and cut off the (stupid design) 'ears' that make your SVA
harder to pass.
[Edited on 28/3/06 by James]
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DIY Si
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| posted on 28/3/06 at 04:09 PM |
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Make the 'bones first to the correct offset. Do a search on here for a jig if needed. Then once you're happy with the bones, either use
them or a substitute piece of bar to align the brackets and then place the FU's to hold the brackets up. Hope that makes sense.
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 28/3/06 at 04:47 PM |
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points taken on board....and james i didnt cheat,i took an easier route,ive got another easy route sorted for this one as well
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