I see alot of people using UHMW for skidplates and stuff like that, but what about PTFE (teflon)?
I need to build a skid plate the gas tank on my 4runner, and due to a last minute design change, we're scrapping some small sheets of 3/8" thick PTFE here at work. Would this material work to skin the gas tank skid frame? It sounds like it should slide good, but I'm not sure how it may hold up to impacts
If it's free get it and just brace it from the backside. Also wondering why people don't use delrin. Does it gouge easier or too expensive?
"Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else thereafter."
'69 FJ-40, chevy383, sm420, 37's, RedNeckRam
'08 Tundra SR5 Poser Douche Rig on 35's
my guess would be that ptfe would gouge too easily and Delrin would crack. Isn't PTFE tape made by compression? But hell, it's free give it a try, if it doesn't work replace it with UHMW-PE. Aren't there dozens of threads on pirate about it?
Originally Posted by Shaggy
I'll most likely give it a try since its free. I searched pirate, and there were a couple of threads mentioning using it because of how low the coefficient of friction was, but I haven't seen anyone actually do it. Most likely this has something to do with the fact it costs more than four times what UHMW does.
Do you need to borrow my entc 206 izod impact testing lab report?
Screw it, just leave whatever is on there and stop following the pirate flavor of the month fad. Shouldn't you normally plan all this stuff out ahead of time before building something that is 100% custom?
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I'd go buy a bunch of cutting boards at wal-mart and hot glue them to the underside of your truck. It should slide real good then!
Boats and hoes
Stumble in to the liquor store
With a dollar-fifty for a bottle of wine,
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Thunderbird will do just fine.
months ahead of time it was full bodied and streetableDo you need to borrow my entc 206 izod impact testing lab report?
Screw it, just leave whatever is on there and stop following the pirate flavor of the month fad. Shouldn't you normally plan all this stuff out ahead of time before building something that is 100% custom?
I'd go buy a bunch of cutting boards at wal-mart and hot glue them to the underside of your truck. It should slide real good then!
Damn, I can't even remember that class anymore, other than I think Price taught it back then.Do you need to borrow my entc 206 izod impact testing lab report?
Screw it, just leave whatever is on there and stop following the pirate flavor of the month fad. Shouldn't you normally plan all this stuff out ahead of time before building something that is 100% custom?
As for leaving whatever is there there, thats the problem, there is nothing there to protect the gas tank, and I don't like the idea of trying to clean 20 gallons of gas up off the trail. I was just going to build something out of 1/4" plate, but didn't like the idea of all the extra wieght
I think you're going to have to have that 1/4" plate to support it. I don't think the PTFE by itself is going to be able to support the weight of the truck without something backing it up. From what I've seen I thought the people using UHMW are adding it to the outside of an existing steel plate skid.
BDR
truck looks good, i like it, rear looks a little high, might be pic, if it's just a skid for the rear gas tank, go for it, it won't see the abuse that the tranny/tcase skid will
"Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else thereafter."
'69 FJ-40, chevy383, sm420, 37's, RedNeckRam
'08 Tundra SR5 Poser Douche Rig on 35's
since when have you been able to think...I thought the people using UHMW are adding it to the outside of an existing steel plate skid.
"Certainly there is no hunting like the hunting of man and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never really care for anything else thereafter."
'69 FJ-40, chevy383, sm420, 37's, RedNeckRam
'08 Tundra SR5 Poser Douche Rig on 35's
I dropped the rear down to help the shackle angle and to level it out some. I don't think I would use this material in a heavily abused area like a t-case skid, but for the gas tank skid I think it will work fine. Its pretty well protected by the springs and rear axle.
So the UHMW is by itself, no base?since when have you been able to think
BDR
yes, but normally only in thicknesses greater that 1/4" and with short spans like 10" or less
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