DIY Si
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 09:04 PM |
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best/cheapest place to buy SS crush tubes
Evening all,
Just a quick one. Where's the best place to buy SS crush tubes to suit an MK Indy? It appears that there isn't a standard size tube
available and that I will have to get some modified/made to suit the 3/4" OD and 1/2" ID. Who can do this the cheapest and quickest? I
appreciate the two may not be the same! 
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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nick205
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| posted on 7/11/09 at 09:26 PM |
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Have you tried MK themselves?
IIRC they're just bits of stock tube cut on a band saw (mine certainly weren't turned items).
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wilkingj
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 09:57 AM |
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If you make them use a Cobalt drill and a Lathe.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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DIY Si
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| posted on 8/11/09 at 12:15 PM |
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The ones on my car are from MK and they're mild steel, as I thought they still are. I'll give them a try on Monday though.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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nick205
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| posted on 9/11/09 at 10:51 AM |
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Sorry - you're right the MK supplied ones are/were mild steel.
Are you looking to replace these with stainless ones then?
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DIY Si
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| posted on 9/11/09 at 03:36 PM |
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Yup. Having mild steel ones may have helped contribute to my recent wishbones problems, and since I'm replacing the bones, I may as well do it
all properly!
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 9/11/09 at 07:56 PM |
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Suspect that some of the wishbone failures reported on the site may be due to the crush tubes being too short.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 10/11/09 at 04:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by rusty nuts
Suspect that some of the wishbone failures reported on the site may be due to the crush tubes being too short.
That and that I didn't realise how corroded they were is, I think, a good part of why the bone failed the way it did.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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