Dave Bailey
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| posted on 5/3/09 at 07:04 PM |
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Attaching Rear Wings
Anyone used rivnuts to hold the rear wings on? This will mean fitting rivnuts into fireglass which I am not sure will work. I suppose I could use ally
sheet either side.
Any experiences shared would be greatly received....
thanks
Dave B
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omega0684
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| posted on 5/3/09 at 07:06 PM |
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i just used 4 m6 bolts equally spaced around the arch, mine haven't fallen off yet
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 5/3/09 at 07:20 PM |
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I used Pop rivets and large repair washers,on both my Indys.
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 5/3/09 at 07:35 PM |
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Hellfire
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| posted on 5/3/09 at 08:12 PM |
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We managed to measure out and pick up the chassis rails and inserted rivnuts into those so we could bolt the rear wings on.
Phil
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catman
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| posted on 5/3/09 at 08:31 PM |
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what about using nylon m6 nuts and bolts, they are great if you use your car for sprinting or racing, if you clip somthing the nylon bolts snap and
the rest of the bodywork wont be damaged.
Ed
caged supersix
Carbon/GRP
210 bhp silvertop
190 lbft
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lsdweb
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| posted on 5/3/09 at 09:06 PM |
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As catman says
Use plastic bolts - far easier to fix when you do touch something!
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twybrow
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| posted on 5/3/09 at 11:48 PM |
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I've rivnutted mine on. I drilled nice tight holes, and applied a good dollop of PU. They seem pretty well fixed - and I only have 5 bolts
around the circumference.
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RK
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 12:40 AM |
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I tried rivnuts, but not supported by those little plates Steve used. Didn't work, they just pulled right out. So I used small bolts and only
rivnutted into the chassis. My arches are very heavy and needed a lot of bolts to seat properly.
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 6/3/09 at 12:24 PM |
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For fixing to fibreglass I used cavity anchors which come with a machine screw.
http://www.choiceful.com/choiceful-id-2985-Plasplugs-Extra-Strong-Cavity-Anchor-Hollow-Wall-Fixings-4mm-x-25mm-Pack-of-5.html
Keith
Aviemore
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