AtlantaSteve
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Well, finally got them finished up. No real photos of the creation process, and no "how to" because all that can basically be found on daze's site:
http://dazed.home.bresnan.net/adjustable
But I do have some pics of the finished products:
Only diversions from Daze's specs were:
- He found some wacky washers with a 1.125" I.D. and 2.5" O.D, and I couldn't come close at any of my hardware stores. And He made the 7/16" ID, 2.5" OD washer himself, so I figured if I was in the washer making biddness, I might as well make all 4. Instead of shaping them to be round, I decided to just cut them square from some steel and round the corners. Not sure how I'll feel about it once I put them in, but it didn't seem like round would buy me anything but aesthetics, so I decided to leave them square.
- I didn't use seals on the heim. The fellow at Speedway Motorsports told me he uses that very heim, unsealed, on his dirt track car and they last forever.
- I painted them with Velspar Tractor and Implement Primer and Enamel paint. Supposed to stand up to rock chips and stuff more, but I gotta say, you can see where the torquing on them has torn the paint up fairly easily. We'll see how it works out once they're on the car.
I have to thank JonK67 for not only kindly giving me the Clevises that he had laying around, but also for providing tons of support during the construction, answering questions etc. Also a big thanks to Tarafied1 for talking to me about which metals would be appropriate for the "washers." And to Jeremy for his help trying to have the stock strut rods turned. It ended up not working out, but he really tried, AND gave me the idea to hunt for a machinist on Craigslist, which ended up saving me a LOT of money on this.
With the cheap machine work, and free clevises, I have less than 100 bucks in this project!
Hope to get some "installed" pictures soon!
http://dazed.home.bresnan.net/adjustable
But I do have some pics of the finished products:
Only diversions from Daze's specs were:
- He found some wacky washers with a 1.125" I.D. and 2.5" O.D, and I couldn't come close at any of my hardware stores. And He made the 7/16" ID, 2.5" OD washer himself, so I figured if I was in the washer making biddness, I might as well make all 4. Instead of shaping them to be round, I decided to just cut them square from some steel and round the corners. Not sure how I'll feel about it once I put them in, but it didn't seem like round would buy me anything but aesthetics, so I decided to leave them square.
- I didn't use seals on the heim. The fellow at Speedway Motorsports told me he uses that very heim, unsealed, on his dirt track car and they last forever.
- I painted them with Velspar Tractor and Implement Primer and Enamel paint. Supposed to stand up to rock chips and stuff more, but I gotta say, you can see where the torquing on them has torn the paint up fairly easily. We'll see how it works out once they're on the car.
I have to thank JonK67 for not only kindly giving me the Clevises that he had laying around, but also for providing tons of support during the construction, answering questions etc. Also a big thanks to Tarafied1 for talking to me about which metals would be appropriate for the "washers." And to Jeremy for his help trying to have the stock strut rods turned. It ended up not working out, but he really tried, AND gave me the idea to hunt for a machinist on Craigslist, which ended up saving me a LOT of money on this.
With the cheap machine work, and free clevises, I have less than 100 bucks in this project!
Hope to get some "installed" pictures soon!
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