X eng deflex kit

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Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Pics soon. I welded a gusset along the inside curve, not the strongest but neater. So far OK. Has lasted over two hours:)

The laminate idea can only be 3mm thick so only 4X as strong.

A gusset on the out side 25X3mm close to 6X.

I can see clearance issues with the gusset out side so went inside, I don't have CAD to work it all out but may be at least 4X as strong at a guess.

Looks promising now!

How it drives..... With just over a ton on now corners like it would have with no load. The ride is firmer due to the torsion bar effect. Still OK though. On a very rough road I would disengage it if possible. But great on the black top:D

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At last.... some pics of the gusset added to the curved arm.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/09/1395.jpg


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...11/06/1187.jpg


Have done about 800k's so far and not bent it again.

I'm not happy with yet as tends to work its way to one side a bit. The arm my have a slight twist in it? When I get time I'll pull it off and investigate.

Still drives like a dime with the load on. Much safer now at higher speeds.


Cheers T

Why aren't you on LR's development team Tony?,they would be bullet proof. Pat

Not to be outdone by Tony, mine is bent now also:D

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Originally Posted by rovercare

Not to be outdone by Tony, mine is bent now also:D

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You did strap a car on the back and go for a drive didn't you ;) :D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/09/1396.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...011/04/403.jpg

Just about to shoot Simon an email, hopefully he'll send 2 arms and sandwich them together

One thing, you certainly notice its not in there:eek:

And another random bending seeing as I'm loadingpics

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...011/04/404.jpg

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Originally Posted by rovercare

Not to be outdone by Tony, mine is bent now also:D

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Bugger, I thought yours may have survived:(

Simon is not real keen on the airbags as I have found out and no doubt you will too.
Although our set up is progressive, solid works shows they're not as progressive as a coil spring at a given pressure.:confused: I wont post all the facts here as yet:angel:

Mine has been no drama so far with the brace welded in. Had over 1.5 tons on till now so fair test.

The laminate should sort it anyway.

Cheers T

Tony, Mat.

Have you thought about running a "normal" sway bar and cross linking the air springs when you want less roll stiffness?

Tony

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Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Simon is not real keen on the airbags as I have found out and no doubt you will too.
Although our set up is progressive, solid works shows they're not as progressive as a coil spring at a given pressure.:confused: I wont post all the facts here as yet:angel:

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??? Standard coils are not progressive at all - they are linear!

Btw - surely Simon is selling these for air suspended RRCs and Discos???

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Originally Posted by isuzurover

??? Standard coils are not progressive at all - they are linear!

Btw - surely Simon is selling these for air suspended RRCs and Discos???

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My bad, just the way his model on the airbag set up is less linear if you like:o
So the bags should be better at what we do right?
He may have been pointing out at a given ride height/pressure the air spring could be causing more stress to the deflex than a "linear" coil would in the same application.

Must do the maths on all this my self. May have some interesting findings I seem to think.:confused:

Sadly my main PC had a melt down so cant dig up the emails for discussion as yet. Should get it back up next week I hope.

Simon is still amazed we have bent these things and is looking for a cause as their test vehicle failed to do so wile fully loaded and under heavy use.

Feel free to add any input on this Ben:) You may be better working the logistics out than me.:)

Cheers T

Why after all this time move this to market place alerts now:confused::confused:

Matt or I may start a new thread in a more appropriate place and merge the relevant posts as this will be ongoing till sorted;) Or just bury it in our build threads so no one can find it any more.:lol2: