Hi,
I have a Tiger Cat with 1" square chassis members including the spare wheel carrier. I am thinking about cutting the carrier off flush with the
rear body work but want to be able to re-attach for touring should I so desire.
Does anyone have suggestions on the best square tube connectors to use for re-attaching the carrier?
I was thinking something similar to the below but was wondering what others have used.
http://www.tradesystems.co.uk/TZ1WB.jpg
Thanks in advance
Stewart
I doubt they'd last very long with a wheel & tyre bouncing on them... plastic isn't the best thing for a regular pounding. Perhaps you
could find a bit of steel tube that's a snug sliding fit into the existing tube, weld it to the carrier side and use nuts and bolts to fix it to
the chassis side? Maybe even a length of square-section steel bar, for maximum strength. The further you can get the inner tube or bar into the
chassis side the stronger it would be.
You can always get plastic caps for the open tubes when you're not using the carrier.
As above I'd use either box section or square bar that fits inside the cut box section. Weld it into carrier and use nuts and bolts to secure it into the chassis when fitting it.
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
I doubt they'd last very long with a wheel & tyre bouncing on them... plastic isn't the best thing for a regular pounding. Perhaps you could find a bit of steel tube that's a snug sliding fit into the existing tube, weld it to the carrier side and use nuts and bolts to fix it to the chassis side? Maybe even a length of square-section steel bar, for maximum strength. The further you can get the inner tube or bar into the chassis side the stronger it would be.
You can always get plastic caps for the open tubes when you're not using the carrier.
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Originally posted by Mash
I'm not sure I'd even want the wheel bouncing around on even steel tubes
Just to add a different idea to the thread;
I have a removable "top hat" that bolts through the aluminium and into the chassis.
It has a couple of studs in the outer part so the wheel mounts with a 10mm gap.
The wife says I should ditch the wheel and use the mounting holes to fit a wicker picnic basket.
Women Eh!
Paul G
spare wheel mount
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Originally posted by 907
Just to add a different idea to the thread;
I have a removable "top hat" that bolts through the aluminium and into the chassis.
It has a couple of studs in the outer part so the wheel mounts with a 10mm gap.
The wife says I should ditch the wheel and use the mounting holes to fit a wicker picnic basket.
Women Eh!
Paul G
spare wheel mount
I have a cross ( + ) as part of the chassis that has 4 m8 threads in it.
As the fuel tank is mounted between the rear of the car and the dif the cross also gives a little protection for the tank.
The top hat wheel mount is top hat shape. Cut a disk, cut a hole in the disk, and you have a flange and a top.
Separate the two with a cylinder and you have the top hat shape.
Paul G
IRS rear
quote:
Originally posted by 907
Just to add a different idea to the thread;
I have a removable "top hat" that bolts through the aluminium and into the chassis.
It has a couple of studs in the outer part so the wheel mounts with a 10mm gap.
The wife says I should ditch the wheel and use the mounting holes to fit a wicker picnic basket.
Women Eh!
Paul G
spare wheel mount
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Originally posted by nick205
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Originally posted by 907
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Originally posted by nick205
Picnic basket? Either stop and get a sandwich or tell her to put the picnic under her feat when sat in the car.
Come to think of it does she go in the car that much? My wife didn't enjoy going in my MK Indy too much and we never went for a picnic in it.