Trailer - challenge truck build

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Another coat of primer, slightly less poo coloured this time ;)
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Now I'm onto bodywork, the front mounts for the tub where they bolt to the outrigger have completely corroded away the only fix I can think of is rivet some plate to the tub where the old mounts were and drill some holes unless anyone's got any better ideas?
 
Cut back to good metal and TIG weld a new piece of sheet ally on ?

If not what you're planning to do is what I'm going with as I cba welding it up, drivers side on mine is gone so that ones going to be fun to do…..
 
Dr_evil said:
Cut back to good metal and TIG weld a new piece of sheet ally on ?

If not what you're planning to do is what I'm going with as I cba welding it up, drivers side on mine is gone so that ones going to be fun to do…..
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I would if I had a TIG ... :p it's not the neatest repair but it won't be seen and it will probably get tray backed in the future anyway :rolleyes:
 
quick but stupid question that i think i already know the answer to, do +5 shocks fit on standard shock mounts with +2 springs ?

doing some measuring i only have 60mm of upward travel on the rear shocks as it stands now but 200mm of downward and id prefer closer to 50/50 split

geometry is hard ..
 
Just take th spring out and fit the shock and slowly lower the chassis down, you're supposed to be able to reach your chosen bump stop before the shock bottoms out

And then obviously you want similar downward travel or more.

That's how I'd be doing it anyway, unless I was choosing shock length aswell in which case it's up to you how you position it regards its length and where you want to rest position to be, but the common parameter is full bump on the shock should be just after you get to the bump stop, which should be just before your coils bind!
 
Mr Noisy said:
Just take th spring out and fit the shock and slowly lower the chassis down, you're supposed to be able to reach your chosen bump stop before the shock bottoms out

And then obviously you want similar downward travel or more.

That's how I'd be doing it anyway, unless I was choosing shock length aswell in which case it's up to you how you position it regards its length and where you want to rest position to be, but the common parameter is full bump on the shock should be just after you get to the bump stop, which should be just before your coils bind!
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That's a good way to test I hadn't thought of haha, only problem is I'm restricted to standard suspension components in my trials class which sucks as I can't play with shock mounts :( different arms etc without going into the big boy class, my calcs say that they'll fit but ill get the obvious uj binding bush binding issues with a lift ... So tempted to go up a class haha
 
200tdi ayre said:
quick but stupid question that i think i already know the answer to, do +5 shocks fit on standard shock mounts with +2 springs ?

doing some measuring i only have 60mm of upward travel on the rear shocks as it stands now but 200mm of downward and id prefer closer to 50/50 split

geometry is hard ..
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So +5 shocks have +2.5 or +2 inch more travel and +3 or 2.5 inch longer closed length.
so if you want to retain standard bump stops (which is best if your spring closed length is the same as the original then you need to raise the shock mounts by 2 - 3 inches, you can fit bigger bump stops but may limit your upward travel.
 
Well anyway that's what you need to do if you're having a fiddle about!

So are you limited to just stock mounts etc or does suspension have to be fully standard in your class?
 
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