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Stainless Wishbones
doughie - 12/10/06 at 07:30 PM

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happy bidding! Rescued attachment bones sized.jpg
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ch1ll1 - 12/10/06 at 07:38 PM

you have u2u

doughie - 12/10/06 at 08:00 PM

ch1ll1 - so do you

Syd Bridge - 13/10/06 at 07:55 AM

I'd be careful with stainless wishbones, they can work harden, particularly in the HAZ and leads to cracking.

I hope you're not trying to do these commercially Doughie, and if you are switch to DOM or CDS. If you want to be flash then use chrome-moly.

Also, there appears to be insufficient, or no, setback on the top wishbones to give proper castor.

If someone sold these to you, return them and ask for your money back.

Cheers,
Syd.

AdamR - 13/10/06 at 11:09 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Syd Bridge
Also, there appears to be insufficient, or no, setback on the top wishbones to give proper castor.


If they are built to book dimensions (looks like it from the picture) then there is not be a problem with castor per se. Many people adjust the chassis to re-position the brackets rather than requiring extra offset in the bones. I did this and I now need to trade my "corrected" bones for book ones.

I have to idea about the suitability of stainless as a material. I'm merely pointing out that the offset is not necessarily an issue.

Syd Bridge - 13/10/06 at 05:27 PM

quote:
....Many people adjust the chassis to re-position the brackets rather than requiring extra offset in the bones.


Not quite as simple a solution as it sounds, as it requires those four front tubes to be moved. That is if you are putting in the extra 20mm setback needed.

Cheers,
Syd.

AdamR - 17/10/06 at 01:07 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Syd Bridge
Not quite as simple a solution as it sounds, as it requires those four front tubes to be moved. That is if you are putting in the extra 20mm setback needed.


Precisely... I'm under the impression it is quite common to lean the whole 'L assembly' back by an inch. At least that's what I did based on locostbuilders consensus at the time.