02GF74
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 posted on 5/4/10 at 01:09 PM |
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radiator bracket
I've welded 2 brackets to support top of radiator to the horizontal rail...... but they flex a bit - maybe 5 mm if I push quite hard.
the steel is 1 inch box section cut to make U-shape and thinner steel U in the rear to make it box.
Will the flex be problem?
The radiator rests on a rail and there will be rubber grommets (the L shaped peice on LHS is for mock up) that should abosrb some movement.
 
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irvined
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 04:55 PM |
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It will be a problem eventually. I'd use something a bit thicker, i'm using 4x15mm strip to support mine now as my original ones failed
after 9k.
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 05:03 PM |
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If you wanted to save weight on a full tube, then it would have made more sense to cut it down at a diagonal IMO
 
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02GF74
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 07:24 PM |
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... not so much weight saving but I cannot go full width of rail due to brake line going on the top.
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eddie99
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| posted on 5/4/10 at 07:26 PM |
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Also think that it may cause some problems later on with fatigue!
Here is a pic of my brackets, rock solid and out of 1.5mm ally....
 
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