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Old 30th October 2010, 10:03 AM
misty misty is offline
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Question transit drag ends

setting the wishbones up and pu in the drag ends great
put on the sierra hub front put in the alloy mushrooms
pushed in the drag ends BUT VERY LITTLE THREAD COMING THROUGH THE MUSHROOM
can anyone tell me what is wrong:
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Old 30th October 2010, 10:09 AM
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Probably the hole in the mushrooms for the drag link is not big enough. It should be tapered and of a size so that when the drag link nut is done up hard a couple of threads show past the lock nut. The other possibility is that the top part of the mushrooms are too thick. You need to get your vernier out and check the dimensions. Check the diameter of the drag link taper and compare it to the size of your hole first.
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Old 30th October 2010, 10:11 AM
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Mine was the same

I guessing that there must be two differing lengths of thread on the drag links depending where they come from

My mushrooms were from 3GE and i had to get them reamed out a little to ensure the thread was through the nyloc nut with a few threads extra

But many others have used 3GE mushrooms with no problems

So you either need to get some drag links with a longer thread or modify the mushrooms to suit
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Old 30th October 2010, 10:17 AM
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that sorts the problem i will get the mushrooms modified to suit the ends

hey many thanks to all
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Old 30th October 2010, 10:27 AM
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Sounds like you are really cracking on with your build

cheers
andy
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Old 30th October 2010, 05:34 PM
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hi andy
the frame all done
the diff is in
the rear hubs are on
on to the front and then the steering rack not correct and some other probs but were getting there should be ready for 2020 with any luck
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Old 30th October 2010, 05:39 PM
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Depending how much it is you could grind a bit off the bottom of the mushroom to allow more thread to stick through.
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Old 30th October 2010, 08:42 PM
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hi andy
the frame all done
the diff is in
the rear hubs are on
on to the front and then the steering rack not correct and some other probs but were getting there should be ready for 2020 with any luck
Sounds like your build is progressing really well, it,ll soon be rolling, which is a great milestone of the build, post up some piccies

re...problems.....they are the fun/challenge of each individual build, a great feeling when you "resolve" the problem

cheers
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Old 12th November 2010, 03:34 PM
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i have a little Q to do with this i have a draglink fitted to a 3ge mushroom and noticed theres hardly any movement to allow the suspension to travel up and down befor the draglink is at its limit
or is this just me?

and where the hell am i sposed to find locknuts to lock the draglink ends to the upper arms?
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Old 12th November 2010, 03:49 PM
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Baz,

What you have noticed with draglink movement is how it is on all of the roadsters. I think it is one of the things Ash thinks caused his ali adjuster to fail, by pulling on the draglink once it had ran out of movement.

Any nut & bolt supplier should be able to get the M18 half nuts for you. If not you can get them on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/M18-x1-5-RIGHT...item4153126238

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