FreelanderAl
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SES88
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Wicked, just waiting on my little Polish friend, but he's good with his money so I'm not worried.
Will order material tomorrow, should have it by end of week.
All those not in the hunt, you have until 9am Tuesday morning to order any custom size lift kits, otherwise it's only 40mm kits available.
Will order material tomorrow, should have it by end of week.
All those not in the hunt, you have until 9am Tuesday morning to order any custom size lift kits, otherwise it's only 40mm kits available.
SES88
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Ok, 30mm kit chaps, this post only applies to you...
I've got an issue, namely I can't get the bolts in without grinding part of the head off, which I don't want to do.
I should've seen this earlier, was thinking ah I'll just put the bolts in before welding the plates together, but realised yesterday that I've got 3 long bolts to go through the kits to line the plates up and keep them tight throughout the welding process, so can't get the bolts in the top plate before weld. Had a bit of a play around yesterday and can't come up with a solution.
So... Lukasz (winu) is already out, can Alan or Thomas go up to a 40mm kit?
I've got an issue, namely I can't get the bolts in without grinding part of the head off, which I don't want to do.
I should've seen this earlier, was thinking ah I'll just put the bolts in before welding the plates together, but realised yesterday that I've got 3 long bolts to go through the kits to line the plates up and keep them tight throughout the welding process, so can't get the bolts in the top plate before weld. Had a bit of a play around yesterday and can't come up with a solution.
So... Lukasz (winu) is already out, can Alan or Thomas go up to a 40mm kit?
SES88
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Holes are already done, they're laser cut. Bolts get welded from the head side, just don't want to reduce the strength of the bolt by removing half the head!
SES88
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No problem Alan, no rush...
Got some lights to make between now and Monday for the new Ebola ward at the RVI in Newcastle (apparently its urgent?!?!), so can't progress lift kits any more before Monday afternoon anyway. 36+ hours work in 3 days!!
SES88
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I wouldn't be confident of the strength of threaded rod. Problem I've got is lining the plates up, then getting the bolts in once welded together, as I can't do both, even with tacking the plates together then taking the clamp bolts out to put the bolts in, the bolts are 32mm long but the gap to fit them in is 20mm
