woo hoo!!!
just paid for the first set of raised ubolt plates made by superior off their presses. will be fitting them on saturday, test running them in glasshouses/d'aguilar's on sunday. I will let you know how they go.
hopefully no more sheared U-bolts!!!
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new superior ubolt plates
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new superior ubolt plates
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What are they and how do you shear U bolts?
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they are a plate to replace their range of ubolt flip kits on spua vehicles
from what they tell me they are a plate with flanges up the sides of the springs to lift the bolts and nuts above the level of the springs
well in my case, you shear bolts by erm, dragging your 3 ton POS over rocks cos you don't got 38's to increase clearance. and then you get pissed off and take a run up at said rocks coz you dont got lockers. and then finally you boot it and take a run up and land the poor POS on the rocks on the u bolt plates (being the lowest point on the axle)
Then you drive home, go to bed, then check your truck in the morning for a first parade prestart check and find that you drove home and wheeled half the day on one snapped bolt and one only just holding on
from what they tell me they are a plate with flanges up the sides of the springs to lift the bolts and nuts above the level of the springs
well in my case, you shear bolts by erm, dragging your 3 ton POS over rocks cos you don't got 38's to increase clearance. and then you get pissed off and take a run up at said rocks coz you dont got lockers. and then finally you boot it and take a run up and land the poor POS on the rocks on the u bolt plates (being the lowest point on the axle)
Then you drive home, go to bed, then check your truck in the morning for a first parade prestart check and find that you drove home and wheeled half the day on one snapped bolt and one only just holding on
http://www.populationparty.org.au/
Sounds good! So do the plates. 
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hi popeye
yeah. have fitted them and taken them out to the glasshouses for a test run.
they delivered well as far as clearance, and raising my shock mounts out of the way. this also helped my articulation as my present shocks were limiting my travel.
there are a few engineering and strength issues that i have been chatting to mick about, and he is doing a little tweaking to the design. however on the whole i am pretty happy with them
i would recommend having a chat with mick at superior, and see where he is at, because i am currently in the UK and not able to ring him personally.
MILO
yeah. have fitted them and taken them out to the glasshouses for a test run.
they delivered well as far as clearance, and raising my shock mounts out of the way. this also helped my articulation as my present shocks were limiting my travel.
there are a few engineering and strength issues that i have been chatting to mick about, and he is doing a little tweaking to the design. however on the whole i am pretty happy with them
i would recommend having a chat with mick at superior, and see where he is at, because i am currently in the UK and not able to ring him personally.
MILO
http://www.populationparty.org.au/
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