Nice but bush ends are still just butt welded onto tubes? Seen this joint cracked on a customer car also in this location.
Nice skills from that guy
I stumbled across these in a weight reduction thread on the TT forum. The owner made these himself and clearly has some experience and knowledge in engineering and fabrication.
He utilised T45 steel tube and plate, 12.9 grade threaded steel rod, 'fish mouthed' the ends to increase the welded area, as well as drilling and 'rose welding' the holes for the same reason.
Prior to fabrication of the hub end, fish mouthed and drilled as you can see:
The fella made these non adjustable on the car, so had to be set up prior to fitting, using spacers on the threaded rod, which is another great idea as when tight, the shim will take some torque off the thread itself, not that it needs it being high tensile 12.9 steel, good for 200,000psi I think.
I think they are a great design, lots of details, gussets on the 'fork' at the hub. And I think despite the awkwardness of using spacers to adjust them, it could be altered on the car by undoing the hub end, removing the 'fork' and fitting relevant spacers, I don't think this is too bad a solution, as once setup, the results are permanent and rarely altered anyway.
I agree that seems to be overlooked by all the manufacturers, seems there isn't much that can be done with that end.Nice but bush ends are still just butt welded onto tubes? Seen this joint cracked on a customer car also in this location.
Nice skills from that guy
the welding aspects are what lead to the failures...
I agree that seems to be overlooked by all the manufacturers, seems there isn't much that can be done with that end.
Do you think if the bush ends were slotted onto the tubes it would be better? Would maybe need custom bushes for that
fitting on the bottom gives you more adjustment for getting toe correctedTop or bottom mounting, does it really matter? Fitted mine today, no more excesive tyre wear