Rocker pivots
 

All,

I welcome any ideas or suggestions on what the best way to pivot the rockers for inboard suspension on a locost are.

It needs to be a straightforward mount, preferably using the same brackets to chassis as the suspension (i.e. those that accept a 44mm crush tube), and be low cost - therefore no ball bearings pressed into either side of the rocker, pivoting on some super special shaft.

The idea of standard suspension polybushes has been poo-poo'd as not being able to withstand the load.

Current front-runner is to use a carefully machined nylon bushing to ride on a standard 44mm crush tube, and pressed into the rocker.


If anybody has any other thoughts or suggestions, I could really do with some brainstorming.

Cheers,
Pavel

Use needle roller bearings with igus washers. This will be more than capable.

Kind regards

John

Hi John, do you have specific dimensions/part numbers I can look at? Did you use an off-the shelf shaft?

Cheers,

pavs

Pressed in rose joint and suitable spacers ?