Robster
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 10:05 AM |
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Type 9 Mount Plate
I'm in need of the Mounting Plate (pic below taken from Luego manual, hope they don't mind!) and rubber to mount a type 9 gearbox to my
Locost chassis. Can't find any local scrappies who have a Sierra in for me to scavange! Anyone got these bits lying around in their garage that
they don't need?
Cheers,
Rob.
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ned
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 10:19 AM |
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i've got an old sierra rubber mount, though for £12 I can recommend the stiffer westfield item, the sierra one is very sloppy...
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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James
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 10:50 AM |
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Agree about getting the Westfield one.
Whole bloody engine moves when you change gear with the Sierra one.
However- it isnt the same dimensions as the Sierra- it's taller (approx 1" and the holes are spaced close together so you'll need
to change the chassis mount a little.
HTH,
James
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Robster
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 11:39 AM |
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Thanks for the responses, I need the actual mounting plate as well as the rubber. For now I just want to get the engine & 'box trial fitted
to check measurements etc, but am struggling without the plate.
Does the Westfield rubber fit with the original sierra plate?
Rob.
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ned
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 11:57 AM |
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can you define 'original sierra plate' ?
the sierra's mount is rubber moulded/vulcanised onto a small (pressed?) steel plate which then bolts onto a sort of cross member iirc...
the plate the rubber is moulded to should be all you need as the other bit is far too large to go anywhere near a locost transmission tunnel
mouth..
Ned.
ps you can have the one i've got if you're coming to stoneleigh?!
[Edited on 21/4/05 by ned]
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Robster
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 12:26 PM |
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I got the picture I attached above from the Luego build manual, and made the assumption that this (the orange part) is the "original sierra
plate"... correct me if I am wrong? The gearbox I have has no mountings with it at all, so I'm not talking from a position of great
knowledge here!
I had a look at the Westfield item on their website, and this appeared to be just a rubber mount, with no metal plate attached.
Ned, presumably the bit you have is a rubber mount moulded to a metal plate that is similar to the one in the picture above?
Unfortunately I cannot make it to Stoneleigh (otherwise I would have had some of the PU adhesive from you also!).
Rob.
[Edited on 21/4/05 by Robster]
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ned
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 12:51 PM |
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the orange bit in the pic is the part, yup.
the one
here on westfields site is shown upside down and is metal with a moulded stiff rubber insert..
Ned.
[Edited on 21/4/05 by ned]
beware, I've got yellow skin
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bob
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 01:05 PM |
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Yep the rubber is moulded into the centre plate,the plate when fitted to the sierra is then fixed via rivets (2) to a much larger cradle of which we
discard.
The ford rubber mount is soft but not unusable.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 21/4/05 at 02:40 PM |
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Is this what you are looking for?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=27377&item=4544047023&rd=1
Happy bidding?
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Robster
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| posted on 22/4/05 at 11:59 AM |
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Thanks for this info, I could not work out the picture on the Westfield site, never having seen the mount from upside down!
MNR have promised to send me one (thanks MNR!), so looks like I am sorted. If that falls through, Ned I'll take yours - obviously I'll
send an SAE or whatever to cover postage.
Thanks,
Rob.
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