Random Tech Questions

[uglyota]

you could have saved a few bones and added style points with some 35" ground hawgs out back

[Shaggy]

should have hit craigslist or ebay... i have seen sets with wheels off new dodges going for around 500

[jerryg79]

you could have saved a few bones and added style points with some 35" ground hawgs out back

this is true, but im tired of my fuel gauge saying empty when ive still got 3-4 gallons

[jerryg79]

should have hit craigslist or ebay... i have seen sets with wheels off new dodges going for around 500

been looking on and off, finally had to bite the bullet.

[Shaggy]

how many miles did you get out of yours

[jerryg79]

68000 on the ones on there now. 2 died from sidewalls getting torn up due to wife driving it for a year and bashing curbs.

[Eckert]

how would yall mount the crossmember?

bushing & tabs like: http://www.ruffstuffspecialties.com/...ing-p-154.html

plate the ends of the cross member, and run bolts horizontally through frame rails

or built a bracket above/below cross member and run bolts vertically through the ends of the cross member?

thinking of building it out of 1.5"x3"x3/16"

or?

paint awesomeness

[robertf03]

there are a bunch of old school chassis design books in evans, and the ones I read state this is the way to go.
45* will prob. work, but there are some calculations like an intersecting line at the cog.

This is what I wanted to do to the sunbeam, but space constraints made me do it the way you first posted. The engine mounts are done similar.

[Eckert]

dont know how i would accomplish that? this is the mount i plan on using. which way would still be best to attach the cross member to the frame?



then there is this way. but i dont like the way it mounts(read too much on breakage) and lack of full protection. seems like the case would still suffer from a shock.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

dont know how i would accomplish that? this is the mount i plan on using. which way would still be best to attach the cross member to the frame?


[/IMG]

I would think a hard mount (bolt directly to the frame). Two sets of bushings would let it move too much, no?

[robertf03]

depends on the angle. lots of side to side movement allowed with that red bracket thing he posted.

[Eckert]

so no bushing on the x-member.

which is better?

[robertf03]

first one is cheaper and easier to make, and you end up with more room.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Work smarter, not harder. Which ever one is easier to remove from the vehicle.

[tigweld]

if you dont have anything to sleeve the frame with the first one will not be as good. the second can be done with all flat plate if you added a flange to the side of the crossmember you wouldnt need sleeves for the crossmember tube eaither.