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08-23-2004, 10:57 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Apr 2004
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|  chassis dimensions
i am creating my first crawler and i was wondering- *how wide should my chassis plates be? *how long should my 4 link arms be? *how tall should my chassis plates be? *how long should the chassis plates be? i am gonna build a 4 link suspension mounted on 2 aluminum or steel parallel chassis plates also if u have any good pics that show good size and designs please post them |
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08-23-2004, 11:01 PM
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| MODERATOR™   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Ohio
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08-24-2004, 08:20 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: SW, Connecticut
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| Re: chassis dimensions
*how wide should my chassis plates be? 3-4in will fit most trannys *how long should my 4 link arms be? Definatly over 5in, but it really depends on the axles and wheel base *how tall should my chassis plates be? No taller than 5in *how long should the chassis plates be? No longer than 1 foot. These are my opinions, they are not garrenteed to work well |
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08-24-2004, 09:27 AM
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| Re: chassis dimensions
how do u mount the shocks using cable ties or zip ties pics would be nice
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08-24-2004, 07:10 PM
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As for your chassis Q's...are you going clod axles of are you going to be a 'shafty'? | |
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08-24-2004, 08:41 PM
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| TEAM MODERATOR  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Tennessee
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Heres a rough picture of my chassis. I used carbon fiber for my chassis plates and each plate is 4" apart side to side. My links are 7 1/4" center of heim joint to center of heim joint. I'm using threaded Savage shocks mounted in this same position. I'm very happy with this so far. Makes for a little longer rig than most but I've always favored a little longer wheelbase,1:1 or scaled down.  |
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08-25-2004, 06:40 PM
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| Re: chassis dimensions
it is gonna be a clod axle crawler but how would u use locknuts to mount my shocks to the 4 links
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08-25-2004, 07:44 PM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Moab
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| Re: chassis dimensions
use adel clamps. they're like the cable stays others are talking about but they are metal with a rubber liner, that will keep then from moving on the arms (links).  |
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08-28-2004, 05:50 PM
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where can i get those adel clamps
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08-28-2004, 06:05 PM
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| bendforthebone Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jamul
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| Re: chassis dimensions
mines 8in long 3in wide and the bottom is 1 in long my links are 7in long
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