hi
i'm struggling with the information in the book on making the rear shock mounts.
would appreciate afdvice and photo on how to do correctly. does the rear diagonal meet the 4inch plate in the middle or to the side and how is the bracket orientated.
ta paul

Which chassis is this, the escort rear axle one or the Sierra rear? Also there are two diagonals one on the inside and one on the outside of the square plate. Sorry no pics on this machine.

Does the attached pic help?
It's from the McSorley plans, worth a look if you haven't already.
The rear shocks mounts are best mounted with the bolt running from front to back (opinions vary though ), although the book shows them as side to side, I'm not sure how critical this actually is though.

Cheers
Alex
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The rear shocks mounts are best mounted with the bolt running from front to back

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Why?

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MikeRJ - 3/4/07 at 12:02 PM

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Originally posted by Confused but excited.Why?

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Because this puts the metalic bush in torsion when one wheel is in bump or droop, which is how they should be used. By mounting the bracket with the bolt facing left/right the metalastic bush gets twisted in the housing and this tends to wear them quite quickly. The brackets on the axle should be facing the same way as well.

However, with the relatively small suspension movement on the Locost I suspect it's not overly critical.

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ecosse - 3/4/07 at 12:35 PM

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Originally posted by Confused but excited.

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The rear shocks mounts are best mounted with the bolt running from front to back

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Why?

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As Mike says

Cheers

Alex

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dyntan - 3/4/07 at 12:53 PM

hi
thanks for the diagram. my confusion is based on available space to mount the bracket on the underside of the 4 x 4 plate. when looking from the back do the diagonals(W2)rise at an angle to marry up with the inner edge of the plate(photo page 65) or rise at equal width an marry towards the middle of the palte as shown in diagrams(page51) in the book.
ta paul

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James - 3/4/07 at 01:35 PM

How much difference to you think it makes?

Just put it on the outside.... much easier!

Although! Double check your tank fits in the now narrower gap.

Cheers,
James

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Gav - 3/4/07 at 03:01 PM

Does This help?

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caber - 3/4/07 at 06:01 PM

I put the diagonal on the inside and it has caused all sorts of hassle! Resolution attempt 1 was mounting the shocker on the same bolt as the top trailing arm and drilling a tube through the diagonal to make a single sided top mount, that was fine until I got the right springs that don't fit the zeemaride shockers that are non standard diameter and seem to have the bush tubes welded on after the spring is installed!

Option 2 is use the Westfield technique that has a threaded rod at the top of the shocker that will go through the plate on top though how do you mount the roll baar with these? It also looks like my springs are too short for these shockers!

Still woking on this trying to find the best solution for least money!

Caber

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