I fully agree. I have learnt from experience over the years and the T/C mounts are the first I re-inforce. I once did the jaguar monoball conversion and ripped the front mounts off the subframe putting it on the trailer!
When you build a grunter, or a vehicle modified for purpose, look closely at the suspension and visualise in your mind what each component does, the movement and forces it endures under load, and what will happen if it fails. Sounds silly, but try it, it will have you thinking for days Brad Hallett http://www.powerup.com.au/~bhallett http://www.datrats.com.au for the best in Nissan Motorsport Equipment -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Terry Rudd Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2001 10:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Radius rod washers Chris, In my opinion it's probably not a good idea to play with these washers. I'd prefer that the washers bend or even the rod bend as I've seen the mounts break just from fitting nolathane bushes in there and not even hitting anything major and it's not nice. if the mount breaks the whole suspension unit just folds up under the wheel well the next time you jump on the anchors. The t/c rod mounts are an item I've always checked on a regular basis especially on a 1600 that has reversed struts with brake callipers forward mounted. No suspension failure is nice but this particular type isn't what you ever want to experience. regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Williams Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2001 7:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Radius rod washers Hi listers, You know the large washers that go on either side of the bushes on the front end of the radius rods. like so attached to the control arm at this end --------------|0H0|=- 0 = bush | = the washers on either side --------- = the rod = = the nut H = the Chassis mount the rod goes through is it a bad idea to increase the strength of these to stop them bending when some thing is hit or is it good for them to bend in order to prevent chassis mount damage? Cheers Chris --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
