Thread: these shouldnt bend!

Originally Posted by discowhite

after looking under my 90 and seeing i have a bent trailing arm and not a mark on it. i figure its time to upgrade the offending items.
ive even managed to bend the washer that mounts to the rubber bush
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so these are made out of 1 1/4 4140 and SOLID.
they arnt gonna bend
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now to cut the other ends off and weld on.

phil

Phil

Make sure you check out the diff bracket, They can foul on down travel and something will give and break.

glen

Overkill made up something similar for me, out of the stuff they use for buggies, landcrushers etc. Indestructible.

I bent one on Winchbreak Pass :-( Rotated the diff, broke u joints etc. Fortunately they were there when it happened, so no issues there. They laminated the next set. No problems since.

Regards
Max P

oh yeah,they bend alright

so these are made out of 1 1/4 4140 and SOLID.
they arnt gonna bend
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Phil, I don't want to be the bearer of bad tidings but your straight-edge is very bent - these arms are bent already.

Ron

well they were straight 2 hours ago!
ouch they are still hot!

Make sure you check out the diff bracket, They can foul on down travel and something will give and break.

yep, im thinking of offseting the bush on the end of the rod to clear the diff bracket.

cheers phil

"1 1/4 4140 and SOLID."

I cant remember the specifics but someone here can surely explain this further...(shoot me down if I'm wrong too!!!!)

I've been led to beleive that a Solid round bar will bend well before a hollow tube.

I'll do a search later to back up my claim when I have more time sorry for the lack of info.

Simon

wow i could be wrong shakes but thats a mighty claim

Phil,
Do you have any more detailed or larger pics of how you did th pin arrangement?

I was going to get some appropriate tube the same ID as the OD of the originals, sleve and weld the pins on.

Bit booty fab though...?

Dave.