Bolting coils in
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 1:51 pm
just wondering how you guys with heaps of articulation have bolted your coil springs in so they don't drop out at max flex?
pics would be good to
pics would be good to
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:09 pm
yes.
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:12 pm
Carlton prefers to use small green nylon rope as a coil retainer, this way he can completely remove his shocks and get much better flex 
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 2:19 pm
derangedrover wrote:Carlton prefers to use small green nylon rope as a coil retainer, this way he can completely remove his shocks and get much better flex
Ahhh, nostalgia! She was a bumpy trip home that day....
I still haven't made up the little tabs for the bottom of the front coils, been talking about it for a fair while now!
Do you have the photo of my ropemanship handy??
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 6:08 pm
me too
no pics
no pics
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 6:54 pm
surfection (jeremy) had a good little system in place that i saw on the surf, he welded tabs top and bottomto hold the coil in. i think the tabs were welded to the chassis and the diff and then bent over in a right angle over the top of the spring. should PM him and see if he could take a digi of it.
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 8:42 pm
Just get some 25x25 angle iron and cut in a 20mm wide strip and weld it on hooked over the spring!
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:04 pm
Wendle wrote:derangedrover wrote:Carlton prefers to use small green nylon rope as a coil retainer, this way he can completely remove his shocks and get much better flex
Ahhh, nostalgia! She was a bumpy trip home that day....
I still haven't made up the little tabs for the bottom of the front coils, been talking about it for a fair while now!
Do you have the photo of my ropemanship handy??
Was all set with the photos
took the few films in i had to get developed....
and then realised when I got the photos back that I had loaded the same film into the camera twice
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 12:40 am
i welded extra bracing from the lower spring mount to the diff housing in the front and rear of the spring mount [ braces sit in the vertical plane ]
These braces have a nut welded behind them .
I then bent a bit of 25 x 3 flat into a "U" shape which sits upside down over the bottom coil run and bolt into the braces.
I then welded cones to the top spring mount to guide the spring back into place if it goes down to far. worked for 2 years so far.
shane
These braces have a nut welded behind them .
I then bent a bit of 25 x 3 flat into a "U" shape which sits upside down over the bottom coil run and bolt into the braces.
I then welded cones to the top spring mount to guide the spring back into place if it goes down to far. worked for 2 years so far.
shane
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2003 7:53 am
Hose clamp.
...if it breaks use more next time...
...if it breaks use more next time...