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How much do your sliders flex / how much clearance to body?

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How much do your sliders flex / how much clearance to body?

Post by CT »

I've got some pretty beefy designs in my head but as even the most over-engineered things can flex, how much clearance do people allow beween their sliders and their sills?

I don't want to leave 10mm and find out later the hard way that 20mm would have saved me some dings.

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Post by KYSI »

mines about 10 mm
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Post by want33s »

Mine has about 6mm. Who cares if they crush the sills a bit it's only a Zook!!!
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Post by CT »

want33s wrote:Who cares if they crush the sills a bit it's only a Zook!!!
Noooo! I hate panel damage!!
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Noooo! I hate panel damage!!
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Post by jet-6 »

Mine are about 20mm from the pinchweld, and about 50mm from the sill itself roughly, could measure it if you need
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Post by ISUZUROVER »

Mine are ~5mm from the body, but have 0 flex.
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Post by cj »

I had some that were 0mm :armsup: They were great and I'll do it again depending upon the vehicle and if it suits.
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Post by berad »

Mine are a few mm from the seam, good ones should have minimal or no movement, that also depends how hard you come down on something.
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Post by Wooders »

Mine mount ONTO the body - maximum clearance and have zero flex/movement. :D
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Post by spamwell »

mine sit up against the sill, no flex in them
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Post by CT »

Thanks all.

I'll see how I go with the bender this weekend. The shop sent the wrong former, so it will be test work only until I can track down a small radius former.

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Post by money_killer »

there should be NO FLEX.
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Post by nastytroll »

There will always be flex, either on the mount, through the slider or though the mating surface.

Even sliders welded to the chassis flex the chassis.

TJ style sliders flex too, but you don't know or realise it as its hard to see.

Any steel that does not flex will crack.
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Post by mudmacaca »

Big_DP wrote:
Noooo! I hate panel damage!!
You going to miss the best part of 4wding!!!
Good on ya I rekon if ya aint got panel damage you aint tryed anything hard enough to get the blood pumping.
Hey take it to the limits and beyond
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Post by AFeral »

The slider will move slightly as the chassis will will twist a bit.
The other option is to notch the sills allows for more clearance.
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Post by KYSI »

nastytroll wrote:There will always be flex, either on the mount, through the slider or though the mating surface.

Even sliders welded to the chassis flex the chassis.

TJ style sliders flex too, but you don't know or realise it as its hard to see.

Any steel that does not flex will crack.
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