would someone be able to give me the right dimensions for the front suspension brackets,as im starting on my buildagain and this is the stage im up to.ive been through previous threads today and im even more confused?????im useing the offset top wishbones,hopefully to get the castor angle correct,im allso wanting to make a jig to put the brackets on the chassis any suggestions would be great.hopefuly this time roundi wont have to pack my build away for sutch a long time ,but other commitments forced me to

Hi Zee,

In my photo archive is a diagram I used:

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/photos/showppic.pl?file=bracketjig2.jpg&archive=James

I made up a jig with the dimensions in the left hand diagram and placed the rear/lower brackets first as the bottom chassis rail gives a datum line against which to set the rest of them up. If you have your wishbones fitted fully you can use these to help distance the brackets.

HTH,

James

I'm using a method I read on here somewhere this time round. I have some 50x50 rhs with a 3mm wall thickness and am going to cut off the front wall to make a [ channel shape. It should be easier than bending the brackets which took me 2 days last time. The poly bushes I am using are a perfect fit inside the box section but if you are using shorter ones they could be spaced with washers.

yours, Pete.

I think you are asking how to make the brackets...

You can see the 'square tube with one side cut-out solution' on my website.

http://www.newtier.com/graber/mid-engine/Front_Suspension_Cradle/index.html

Scroll to the bottom of the page.

Graber

peteff ive made my brackets i just need to know where exactly they go,because there seems to be so mutch speculation as to whitch measurements are right .ive used the top wishbone desighn like mark allinsons with the offset in it.by the way pete where did you get the bushes from and how mutch??and do they fit into standard book size wishbone tube

They were MK bushes I bought for my car but I only used some on the rear so I have them left over. They are slightly too wide for book brackets but are easy enough to shorten the outers and crush tubes. The ones they use now seem a harder poly compound than mine so may not be so suited to live axle.

yours, Pete.

On my website you can download a drawing of the commonly supplied types.

www.gtstuning.co.uk look under chassis section

Kind regards,

Darren