Shug.
Any reason not to make wichbones from square tube?
I read a previous thread that sugested tehre is no real structural advantage of RHS, so is it purely for asthetic apeal?
Ta
TT
aesthetical as far as I know, round and oval is far sexier for the world to see..
Ned.
Cheers...
TT
Oiii what wrong with aero and a Tig gun.
Shug.
im not sure if square tube passes the SVA radius test. anyone know for sure? it would be a ball ache to have to pad the bones too.
round is stronger and lighter then square.
I used Real oval tube, hard to find but you can't get it stronger and nicer to look at...
I think i am the only one on here that has used square tube for wishbones.
it was summat like 3mm walled, 25mm section.
In my case they will be fully covered by bodywork. So radius isnt an issue......
atb
steve
[Edited on 8/9/04 by stephen_gusterson]
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
I think i am the only one on here that has used square tube for wishbones.
it was summat like 3mm walled, 25mm section.
The more I consider the options the more tempted I am to opt for square rear bones for the following reasons:
Ease of construction.
No strength penalty, (I think that was affirmed in an earlier thread).
Out of sight so cosmetics and radii are not an issue.
Mick
Should really be made of seamless tube.
The wishbones take a lot of stress.
Sq tube is not seamless, although probably stronger in 25mm sq than 19mm round.
Ken Walton, of TOL used to race for many years. He told me once that Nascars use square section in their wishbones.
If my 3mm walled ones bend, something is seriously wrong with my suspension geometry!
I think (from little experience, admittedly) that you would be ok with smaller section on the top bones, but the load bearing lowers would be
horrendously weak in small section. See that thread a while ago about bending wishbones.
My rear trailing arms are made from 50mm box, 3mm thick. All fronts are approx inch section, 1/8th thick. (Imerial cos its something I had in my
garage from a while back!)
atb
steve
quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
I think i am the only one on here that has used square tube for wishbones.
it was summat like 3mm walled, 25mm section.
wrong! and i think i've got the biggest balls too, cos i drove it on 19mm 16gauge square bones. Either that or they are so well designed that they are ok with that tube (unlikely!)
quote:
Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
My rear trailing arms are made from 50mm box, 3mm thick.
Is your rear axle design simmilar to a locost with four trailing arms? Those arms take only compressive/tensile forces rather than bending
so a 50mm section seems like massive overkill...
totally totally different
think mini
atb
steve
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Originally posted by stephen_gusterson
totally totally different
think mini
atb
steve
i might point out that i am not implying that i think 19mm 16g is suitable for wishbones, merely that it has survived 40 miles an hour and cornering. so i suspect that 2mm inch square or round is adequate.
I used 1" 16 ga square tube for my upper rear wishbones. I figured that nobody would see them, so aesthetics would not matter. I am also of the
understanding that square tube is actually stronger in bending than round.
All my lower wishbones are made of 1" 16ga seemless. You are right that the square is much easier to work with.
--Chris