8smokingbarrels
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| posted on 11/8/03 at 11:47 PM |
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Upper rear wishbone
Hope someone can give me a bit of help
According to the book, the rear upper wishbone is bolted to the upright with a single bolt. I assume that this bolt sits inside 2 bushes- but I cant
find a mention of them. Also there seems to be a crush tube inside the bracket that is welded to the top of the upright- what diameter is this?
Thanks in advance
chris
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Viper
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| posted on 12/8/03 at 06:24 AM |
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The tiger rear wishbone set up is not very clever in the way it pre stresses the bushes, if it helps have a look in my archive to see how i have done
mine.
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8smokingbarrels
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| posted on 13/8/03 at 10:38 PM |
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Thx Viper- I particularly like ur 'rear end' pics! 
Very helpful indeed- I note that u positioned the coil over shock beside the driveshaft (as opposed to above it as in the book fotos). This makes
more sense to me as it keeps every 'down low'
I take it there is no chance of the lower wishbone 'twisting' in some way due to the coilover being mounted offcentre?
Thx again
chris
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Viper
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| posted on 13/8/03 at 11:47 PM |
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I thought of that, was going to brace across the wishbone but i wound the shocks up to max stiff and had four of us bouncing on the rear with no ill
effects, so i guess it's gonna be ok .
If you like the rear you will have to look at the front when it's finished, that's a little different too.
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8smokingbarrels
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| posted on 15/8/03 at 08:27 PM |
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Thx Viper- look forward to that- the work u have so far is v.impressive
The more I study the work others have the more I realise there is no specitic solution to the 'suspension' problems. As long as several
key points are adhered to, then it seems wishbones can be almost ANY shape to fit shocks and driveshafts
Thx for the help- Ive got quite a collection of wishbone pics from here now!
chris
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Northy
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| posted on 15/8/03 at 08:50 PM |
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So whats happening with the front end then Viper?
I'm guessing wider for a start 
Graham
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Viper
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| posted on 15/8/03 at 10:51 PM |
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Yeah wider and adjustable for camber...
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Northy
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| posted on 16/8/03 at 07:45 AM |
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But the originals are adjustable for camber........
Graham
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"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
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Viper
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| posted on 16/8/03 at 06:42 PM |
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sorry, alchahol fueled typing again, i ment castor..
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Northy
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| posted on 16/8/03 at 08:13 PM |
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I look forward to seeing that!
PS I saw a real life, on the road, finished Avon today
Graham
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"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
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Viper
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| posted on 16/8/03 at 08:25 PM |
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wow i am impressed..
wedding go ok?
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gjn200
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| posted on 17/8/03 at 07:41 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Northy
I look forward to seeing that!
PS I saw a real life, on the road, finished Avon today
I saw one at stoneleigh, the biggest pile of shite ever. God knows how it passed sva. Just a thourght though, if you had a pre sva car that was had
it, could you just transfer the chassis number and reg plate to a new one and then inform dvla of an engine change? If you were pulled by the sniffs
and have to take your documents in would the average plod know the difference? I think not.
<- Me!
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Viper
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| posted on 17/8/03 at 10:13 AM |
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This very subject was brought up elswhere on here, Apparently people have been buying up old Duttons and scrapping them and using the Duttons identity
on there new car, i guess technicaly it would be a ringer, but then if you were to have any car and blow up an engine so you had to have a new one,
then had a big shunt and wrote off the chassis, as they are the only parts with numbers one, get my drift??
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punker
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| posted on 18/8/03 at 07:21 AM |
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viper i've got the tube to make my wishbones (just doing the same as the book) can you tell me what bushes you used and size tube for the bushes
to go in? also which ball joints are you using for the front?
would help me out a treat
cheers
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Viper
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| posted on 18/8/03 at 05:18 PM |
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Punker,
The bushes i used were supplied by Luego, bloody good price, the tube i used for the bushes is 29mm id 10swg, bottom balljoints were supplied by Tiger
(was going to use Tiger wishbones till i examined them an shat myself  ) the top ones i used were transit track rod ends not transit drag links
as some have used, track rod ends have a bigger diam thread than the drag link.
Hope this helps
Tim
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punker
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| posted on 21/8/03 at 07:51 AM |
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yeh that helps alot, gave luego a bell and the're so nice. definatly going to use their bushes and they sell the bush tube parted-off. kinda
wish i was building a luego.
p.s. are you using M12 or 1/2" HT bolts?
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Northy
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| posted on 21/8/03 at 02:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Viper
wedding go ok?
Yes thanks, everything was perfect. And it was nice to get away for a while. Went back into the garage on Tuesday night, the first time since the
wedding.
Only thing wrong was my car wasn't ready to drive to the church in. 
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing!
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
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Viper
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| posted on 21/8/03 at 04:58 PM |
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Punker.
1/2"unf for the wishbones and shocks. I don't know what size luegos crush tubes are internaly as i made my own.
Graham
Glad to hear your day went well.
Tim.
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Viper
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| posted on 4/9/03 at 07:08 PM |
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Graham.
finished new front wishbones, just put some pics in my archive, just a little different from Tigers
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Northy
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| posted on 4/9/03 at 07:39 PM |
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Mmmmmm. Interesting.
Get 'em banged on then so we can see what it looks like. Take it your using Sierra front uprights?
Cheers
Graham
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"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
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Viper
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| posted on 4/9/03 at 07:52 PM |
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No i am using Cortina.
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Northy
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| posted on 4/9/03 at 08:04 PM |
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Good! Sierra ones are really ugly!!
When you fitting them?
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing!
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
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Viper
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| posted on 4/9/03 at 08:10 PM |
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this wekend, if not tommorow.
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Viper
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| posted on 5/9/03 at 06:05 PM |
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Graham,
couple of pics of the wishbones on the car in my archive.
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Northy
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| posted on 6/9/03 at 07:10 PM |
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Nice one.
They do look a little different! 
Graham
Website under construction. Help greatfully received as I don't really know what I'm doing!
"If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?"
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