Front body supports

Started by Badger, January 10, 2017, 10:32:51 PM

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Badger

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Evenin all,
anyone got a pair of front body supports going spare (beam to body for tank support)
before i go and get some knocked up at the fabs
Rich.

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You can use a straight bar bent into  a Z shape or and adjustable one of bars out from the body mounts points on the beam with threaded bar uprights with a box section or alike on top for the shell to sit on then it is adjustable height wise.

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I made mine.. But its it rather heavy duty. i did have some smaller ones i made but scrapped them.

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They can be made quite easily and quickly.  Some flat bar 25mm by 3mm which you can get from B and Q. Cut a bit the same length of the tank with 2 holes the same distance apart as the beam hole locations. Then as Snoopy has said bend 2 bits of the bar into a Z or more of a curved S  shape. Joint he 2 S  shape ones to the longer bar with some csk bolts. I've glued some hard rubber matting to the long section of flat bar to prevent it damaging the shell.
Can probably post up a pic if that helps.

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Here are the front and rear ones that you get with a Meyers Manx kit...


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These are what mine look like

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Badger

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thanks for the info and extra advice guys,
i've seen the ones mark sells,, a little steep on the pocket for this build,
i was/am prepared to make my own but was unsure of metal thickness required (guessed at around 3-5mm), and if i bent by own to a Zshape would i have potentially weakened the metal compared to getting a pair fabricated
i like the idea testa, yes i will be putting some rubber tween the mounts and body anyway but putting a cross piece in for extra strength will have to look into that one
so once again thanks for the advice and the picks help too
Rich.  ;-)(-;

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