Dodgy steel

[dogwood]

For those of you making your own suspension brackets.
Something to watch out for.


Using the same jig I used to make my first set of brackets.
And using the same type of steel, but from a different supplier.

As you can see they cracked by the bend.
I tried a different length, but the same thing happened.
I tried some of the original bracket steel, no prob's bent fine.
So beware of buying cheep steel, and check the bends for signs of cracking before welding them on.

David

[Bonzo]

Good point David

I have had strip steel do this sort of thing. Not often but the quality does tend to vary quite a bit

Probably safer to cut critical components from plate as the quality tends to be of a higher spec

[Talonmotorsport]

What you probably have there is a strip cut from a hot rolled sheet. If the edges are a crisp cut don't even bother to try and put a 90 degree bend in it. We used to have this problem alot at the sheet shop and in fabricating uprights for various things. If in doubt go for 40x3 bright mild cost a fair bit more but at least it won't do that!

[dogwood]

Originally Posted by Talonmotorsport

What you probably have there is a strip cut from a hot rolled sheet. 40x3 bright mild cost a fair bit more but at least it won't do that!

Thanks for that.
Bright mild was what I ordered, was a bit cheap though.
Next time I'll go to Parkers. (Much as dislike the bloody shop staff)
At least I know what I am getting...and getting what I ask for


David

[AshG]

the trick to getting good service at parkers is to call before you go to get a quote ref. when you arrive at the counter give them that number and they are nice as pie. have tried going in without the number and they dont wanna know you. the staff seem to be like barcode scanners.... no code no joy.

[londonsean69]

I went on the site, worked out what I needed and saved the quote.
I then decided to add a bit more, and paid over internet

Got a call the next morning asking if I was OK with quote - the guy was well pleased when I said I had added to it and paid already

The service from the delivery guy was impeccable as well

[gingea1pom]

I am happy with my first encounter with Parkers, ordered the steel last week and it turned up when they said it would today at 9am.

All the box section for the chassis build delivered £115 including the Vodka.

Cheers Ginge