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02-10-2007, 08:11 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: saginaw
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|  bottom shock mount/link question
hi im building a clod basher. im still kinda in the planning mode,but i came up with a prob. im going to build a tube chassis kinda like the new era kit but not with the roll cage. the top shock mounts will be easy,but i can figure out the bottoms. im going to make my own links either out of steel or alluminum(sorry i have bad spelling) witch is best? if i make the links out of steel i can just braze mounts on to the link. i couldnt with the other. but my chassis is going to be out of brake line and i dont want it to weight 20 pounds.
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02-10-2007, 08:26 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Columbia TN
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Some people use 1/4" wire clamps.
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02-10-2007, 08:41 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: saginaw
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thats a good idea how do you keep them from sliding up and down. how well do they hold up to abuse?also what about steel rods vs allun. thanks
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02-11-2007, 10:25 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: toolsa, jokelahoma
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i just picked up some of those from radio shack and i didnt use any shock spacers and they seem to be tight enough to not slide around but loose enough to force them to slide by hand. i am thinking of wrapping some electrical tape around the link on each side of the little clamp or just roughing up the area with some 80 grit or so. i say go and get some they were only 1.99 for a pack of them
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02-11-2007, 11:00 AM
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| Rock Crawler  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Surrey, BC, Canada
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One of the guys in our group uses collars on the links to secure the cable stays in place... One on either side of the stay... Like the collars used on niro throttle/brake linkages...
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02-11-2007, 06:36 PM
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| Rock Stacker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: saginaw
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how well do they hold up to abuse
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02-11-2007, 11:36 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: louisville
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mines just a simple one with rubber between it and the link they aint moved yet
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02-12-2007, 09:24 AM
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| Pebble Pounder Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Washougal
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02-12-2007, 09:30 AM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2006 Location: Surrey, BC, Canada
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