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How much do your sliders flex / how much clearance to body?
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:13 pm
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.
Cheers
Craig
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:21 pm
by KYSI
mines about 10 mm
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:23 pm
by want33s
Mine has about 6mm. Who cares if they crush the sills a bit it's only a Zook!!!
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:25 pm
by CT
want33s wrote:Who cares if they crush the sills a bit it's only a Zook!!!
Noooo! I hate panel damage!!
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:57 pm
by Big_DP
Noooo! I hate panel damage!!
You going to miss the best part of 4wding!!!
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:35 pm
by jet-6
Mine are about 20mm from the pinchweld, and about 50mm from the sill itself roughly, could measure it if you need
Posted: Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:48 pm
by ISUZUROVER
Mine are ~5mm from the body, but have 0 flex.
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:01 am
by Michele
Ditto
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:46 am
by cj
I had some that were 0mm
They were great and I'll do it again depending upon the vehicle and if it suits.
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 1:39 pm
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.
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 2:01 pm
by Wooders
Mine mount ONTO the body - maximum clearance and have zero flex/movement.
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:07 pm
by spamwell
mine sit up against the sill, no flex in them
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:04 pm
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.
Cheers
Craig
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:33 pm
by money_killer
there should be NO FLEX.
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 7:35 pm
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.
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:00 pm
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
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:16 am
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.
Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:06 pm
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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