doughie
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| posted on 12/9/11 at 06:09 PM |
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(v) amature builder looking for advice about front sus bracket mounting
have jigged up the front sus brackets and offered them up to the chassis; the brackets are bigger than book and have made LC 22mm further back than
book so the positioning of LA/LB and FU1/FU2 will be slightly different
looking for comments
LA/LB will be around 5mm inward
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top of FU's will be inside J1/J2; but will S and T pick this up ok?
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designer
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| posted on 12/9/11 at 06:23 PM |
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You are going to weld the front upright chassis members using the brackets as locators?
Can't see any problem.
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mark chandler
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| posted on 12/9/11 at 06:25 PM |
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1st or second book, the first has errors !
If you are making your own bones then you taylor to suit, just make sure you build in 7 degrees castor when finished.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 12/9/11 at 06:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by designer
You are going to weld the front upright chassis members using the brackets as locators?
That is really the only way to do it properly. Since the position of the holes in the brackets is very important, it makes sense to locate these in
the correct position (using a jig) and then position the FU chassis members accordingly.
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Fred W B
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| posted on 12/9/11 at 07:11 PM |
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Seeing as the bones are made already he will have to position the brackets (or use shims?) to get the caster right.
Cheers
Fred W B
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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doughie
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| posted on 12/9/11 at 09:08 PM |
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cheers guys - yes am looking to locate the uprights using the brackets in the jig... so there's no issues if FU's are slightly inboard at
the top?
first book... 7 degrees... i've built in around 5.5 in the jig... but have an element of adjustment using washers as spacers in the brackets??
hope that's ok
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mark chandler
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| posted on 12/9/11 at 09:12 PM |
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Perfect, locate the brackets correctly then add additional strength if required and you will be all right  do not try and make the brackets fit the
frame!
Regards Mark
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doughie
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| posted on 9/4/12 at 02:57 PM |
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All fitted and tacked up  some pics...
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all comments gratefully received - your knowledge and advice is appreciated - is there anything i need to do/ know about at this stage??
Steve
[Edited on 9/4/12 by doughie]
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