My chassis build

[flyerncle]

It is a shame that other youngsters of your age do not follow your example and do something usefull as you are and the end product will be a very well built car.

Well done.

[HandyAndy]

Thats some progress Geeman, a big well done
& now a donor car too

you,re a credit to the youth of today, much respect

keep it going .

andy

[geeman]

ok, well i havnt touched it for the past two days, and have just been checking how the suspension brackets will fit and i think i may have a slight problem, just to confirm, the botom of ff2 and ff3 should be parrallel to u1 and u2, as that semms logically correct? The bottom of ff2 for me seems to be a few degrees off but i think i may have solved this by grinding off the welds at the bottom between ff2 and ff1 and most of the weld between ff2 and ff4, then using some leverage, i twisted ff2 around so it is parrallel and then tacked it back in place, it was a quick job and only took a few minutes, and i cant see any thing wrong with it now, I just wondered if there is anything i should look out for when fitting suspension brackets? Thanks

[HandyAndy]

you may need to put a spacer behind the suspension brackets to make them all line up, lots of builders have used 3mm plate behind the bracket.
make sure your jigs for mounting the brackets are to book spec as it is important to get the brackets in the correct place.
cheer
andy

[geeman]

Hi,
When you say they need a 3mm spacer, Which set of brackets are these on, just so i know when i weld them on?

[HandyAndy]

Originally Posted by geeman

Hi,
When you say they need a 3mm spacer, Which set of brackets are these on, just so i know when i weld them on?

i found that spacers were needed on the lower & upper brackets that get welded onto FF2 & FF3.
hope this helps, there are other threads in the chassis section discussing this also.
cheers
andy

[geeman]

Originally Posted by HandyAndy

i found that spacers were needed on the lower & upper brackets that get welded onto FF2 & FF3.
hope this helps, there are other threads in the chassis section discussing this also.
cheers
andy

Thanks, but today i finally planned on getting those suspension brakets on, when i had completely overlooked the fact that i should have 13mm holes in the jigs where the m12 studding goes through. I dont have a drill at home that has a chuck bigger than 10mm, and dont have any drill bits bigger than that . I think i may endup going to screfix or equivlant tomorrow to buy a new drill and bits as i completely forgot that my drill chuck only goes to 10mm , but i guess a new drill will do me good in the long run

[geeman]

Well i havnt really done a whole lot of wor since the 14th. I am yet to fit suspension brakets as i cant make the jigs as i keep forgetting to order stuff i need from screwfix. I always leave it till the last minute, then miss the 8pm deadline for next day delivery and then just do the same the next day . Also for the bolts attaching the wishbones to the suspension brakets, are they just m12 as that would make sense. also can i just use m12 studding and put a nut on either end instead odf using nuts and bolts. Thanks

[Bonzo]

Hi

Possibly 12mm studding is not the best option to use within a bush.

A set bolt would do at a push ( Threadded its entire length )

I would reccommed however that a propper shanked bolt would be the best option for the suspension bush bolts.

I have used some temporary set bolts to move my build about. When I am ready I will try to source some M12 bolts with about 40mm of plain shank & then trim the excess thread back.

Before I get slated, that is just my own personal view

[geeman]

well, progress has been reasonable, ive now finalllllllyyy fitted the suspension brackets which were just really annoying to fit, but the chassis was dimensionally accurate so no real adjusments were needed, it just took ages to fit them.



I have also bought every thing i need to get my chassis rolling(apart fom ball joints). most of it should be delivered by tuesday. Il bee taking apart the sierra on tuesday next week, and hopefully have wheels and steering on my chassis by next friday( ) as there isnt a whole lot needed to be done to get to that stage. i dont need to fabricate anything else, apart from complete the lower front wishbones on delivery of the plate for it. Also in the end i went for all orange bodywork similar to spud69's and handyandy's which i cant wait for. also i wondered any one know vaguely what the lead time on booking an iva is as if its like months id better book it soon as i hope to complete the car by the end of this year at the latest, but hopefully by the start of september(doubtful) before i go back to school. also ive added all my pics to flickr, which can be found here



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