Reply With QuoteWhy aren't you on LR's development team Tony?,they would be bullet proof. Pat
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
At last.... some pics of the gusset added to the curved arm.
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
OldBushie
Why aren't you on LR's development team Tony?,they would be bullet proof. Pat
OldBushie
Not to be outdone by Tony, mine is bent now also
Swaggie
You did strap a car on the back and go for a drive didn't youNot to be outdone by Tony, mine is bent now also
OldBushie
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
And another random bending seeing as I'm loadingpics
Bugger, I thought yours may have survivedNot to be outdone by Tony, mine is bent now also
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.I wont post all the facts here as yet
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
Wizard
Tony, Mat.
Have you thought about running a "normal" sway bar and cross linking the air springs when you want less roll stiffness?
Tony
Swaggie
??? Standard coils are not progressive at all - they are linear!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.
Btw - surely Simon is selling these for air suspended RRCs and Discos???
My bad, just the way his model on the airbag set up is less linear if you like
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.
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
Cheers T
Why after all this time move this to market place alerts now
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
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