Axle Brace

[BOWTIE]

some of you might of seen this pic from yesterday


and some of you have broke the axle in the same place before. i made these braces to hopefully help with the problem. you think they'll work?



the material used was some .020 aluminum and button head screws.

[rockwerks]

Originally Posted by BOWTIE

some of you might of seen this pic from yesterday


and some of you have broke the axle in the same place before. i made these braces to hopefully help with the problem. you think they'll work?



the material used was some .020 aluminum and button head screws.

looks good, they would help even more if at th knuckle the sides where returned up to catch the first through bolt

[BOWTIE]

Originally Posted by 1sickclod

i think they could be a little thicker but you know if you put they on the bottom of the axles i think you should make ones for the top of the axles to or i think youll brake the tops off too

i will make some for the top aswell. what i would like to know is if only the front axles or steering axles break like this. my rear is locked out but if they break also i need to make some for the rear.

[BOWTIE]

Originally Posted by rockwerks

looks good, they would help even more if at th knuckle the sides where returned up to catch the first through bolt

you talking about here?

[rockwerks]

Originally Posted by BOWTIE

you talking about here?

yep use the piece yo got for a tempate and add ears to it there. that will stop it from flexing, it will make it 100% stronger at that end..

[BENDER]

I'm going to start glueing the ears onto the other half of the housing. Just a spot of good plastic CA should beef up the housings alot. Then if you need to tear into the housings you can cut the glued spot with an x-acto knife, and repair as needed.

[BOWTIE]

Originally Posted by BENDER

I'm going to start glueing the ears onto the other half of the housing. Just a spot of good plastic CA should beef up the housings alot. Then if you need to tear into the housings you can cut the glued spot with an x-acto knife, and repair as needed.

yeah i bet that would help out.

rockwerks - yep use the piece yo got for a tempate and add ears to it there. that will stop it from flexing, it will make it 100% stronger at that end..

i'll try that with the next set i make. these were cut already.



just an update all eight braces for the tops and bottoms.

[BOWTIE]

Originally Posted by 1sickclod

thos look good what did you bend them on to get them all the same????

i bent each one by hand. :-P luckally i had a spare axle housing and i used it for mock up. now i just need to tear down the tlt and mount them up.

[BOWTIE]

rear axle done. almost no ground clearance loss.

[D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F.]

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[ColquittCustom405]

This has been a problem for me,I've already broke three! Good fabrication idea!

[BOWTIE]

thanks. hopefully this will make them last a bit longer.

i finished the front.


sorry about the crappy pics. :-(

[BOWTIE]

Originally Posted by D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F.

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hey, we need to go out tomorrow and do some testing!

[BOWTIE]

went out today for a little bit of testing. we went to the same local spot where i broke before and so far so good. there wasn't a spot that i felt the braces stopped the crawler. i'll report if anything changes.

[spectra]

Looks like a sweet place to play. And great job on the braces hope they work out for you.

[peej410]

if you find that the button heads catch on rocks id suggest using 1/8th alum and counter sinking them... otherwise they look good

[BOWTIE]

Originally Posted by ColquittCustom405

This has been a problem for me,I've already broke three! Good fabrication idea!

were they fronts?

[yoda316]

thats the same exact idea i had in mind to stop the cases from breaking like your did. i just never got around to it lol. let us know how well the axle cases hold up and if you plan on selling bracing sets.

[Cloak]

Originally Posted by BOWTIE

were they fronts?

I was there when they broke, yes they were fronts. Driver's side if I remember correctly.