clbarclay
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posted on 9/2/05 at 11:20 PM |
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CDS tubing
Can anyone help?
I'm looking for enough cold drawn seamless tubing for the bush housings on wishbones and rear links, about a metre all told, either big enough
to take Mark Norden or GTS poly bushes or small enought to take standard Triumph ones.
It seems v. hard to come by and I don,t want to buy a 6+ metre length.
Am currently building an e-bay special!
Welder, donor Escort, Cortina uprights etc. all got locally
off the net.
I'm in Worcestershire if anybody local wants to get in touch.
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mattplace
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posted on 9/2/05 at 11:29 PM |
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hi clbarklay,
i asked the same question 2 days ago. i was having trouble finding some too but seems most people use erw not seamless. look on the chassis forum
section and u'll see my original post with all the answers.
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James
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posted on 10/2/05 at 09:17 AM |
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Get the tube from the people you get the bushes from- you can't fail to get the right fit that way!
HTH,
James
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Mix
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posted on 10/2/05 at 09:33 AM |
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Dread to think what the cost per meter is though
I decided on which bushes I wanted, got an example to pysically check the size and took it to my local steel stockholder where I got an offcut of
seamed tube the correct size for a fiver.
Mick
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James
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posted on 10/2/05 at 09:51 AM |
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Don't see why it'd be that much if it's just an off-cut from the stock they make the wishbones from anyway.
I bought bushes, crush tubes, outer tubing and even the bolts all from MK a couple of years ago for what seemed a very reasonable price at the
time.
Cheers,
James
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Mix
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posted on 10/2/05 at 09:55 AM |
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Oops!
Sorry James I thought you were refering to buying individual bush tubes.
Must get my eyes tested.
Mick
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andyb64
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posted on 10/2/05 at 11:53 AM |
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I get all my short lengths of CDS from a local metal supermarket
www.metalsupermarkets.co.uk
they have branches across the country
Andy...
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clbarclay
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posted on 10/2/05 at 05:56 PM |
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Thanks for the advice, found a local metal supermarket, they seem to be very helpfull, one of the staffs even building a locost.
Got a reply from MNR, they quoted £2.20 per cds tube, which dobles the cost of the bush. Not the same as yours James but all the same, it aint
cheap.
Heafty welded tube (2.5+mm wall) sound the best bet for a road car.
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britishtrident
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posted on 10/2/05 at 06:54 PM |
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I used thickwall seamed tube and used the lathe to clean up the bore and provide a tapered lead-in for pressing the Triumph bushes home.
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Rorty
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posted on 13/2/05 at 02:40 AM |
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quote: Originally posted by britishtrident
I used thickwall seamed tube and used the lathe to clean up the bore and provide a tapered lead-in for pressing the Triumph bushes home.
I prefer using seamed tube too, as the seam ensures the PU bushes don't revolve and are "keyed" to the wishbone eyes and will
therefore pivot only on the crush tubes.
I also agree that a lead in is essential, especially for PU bushes.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
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clbarclay
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posted on 13/2/05 at 07:53 AM |
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CDS tubing
Thanks one and all for you suggestions and advice. I'm getting tubing from the metal supermarket and have just got to decide who's bushes
to go for
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