Hello,
I'm looking to source replacement wishbones for my locost project, after a friend suffered a major failure on his identically equipped locost. I
believe them to be early MK locost items although I am not 100% sure.
Here are the amazing drawings I promised:
Untitled by Edward Ashton,
on Flickr
Untitled by Edward Ashton,
on Flickr
Untitled by Edward Ashton,
on Flickr
Whilst I am thinking about having them remade, would rose joints be a worthwhile addition?
Ed
Look like early MK to me.
IM afraid that I cant help but i have an identical set on my 7. Any more details on the failure?
Mark.
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Originally posted by MsD
IM afraid that I cant help but i have an identical set on my 7. Any more details on the failure?
Mark.
quote:
Originally posted by DannyScarbro
Unfortunatly the first update is not the best one!
On my 5th day of ownership I had one of the front wishbones snap, resulting in the wheel folding under, and bending the coilover.
Luckily it collapsed when I was taking the car at the garage or it could have been alot worse.
As you can imagine this was a big shock and scared the life out of me, its amazing how your trust in a car and seller can change so suddenly.
The damage;
After doing abit of research and speaking to a few people I decided to take no chances and replace the whole set of front wishbones. So I ordered a full set of brand new arms from MK direct.
Unfortunatly the arms were going to take a few weeks to arrive, so to make use of the time it was going to be off the road i decided to start the transformation of the aesthetics.
Dan
yeah just like the set on my MK kit, tubes too thin. Never was very impressed with the design
After I read loadsa comments about these early type wishbones, I got the later oval tube type from MK.
Here's a pic showing a Luego example on left, and the MK early version on right.
Old_Style_Wbones
Just for comparison here's the later Luego version, with some Aussie-recommended load-spreading plates. Not welded in pic.
Lu_Wbone_02
[Edited on 13/7/14 by Dick Axtell]
From the quote below im going to rant.
I feel somewhat upset that the owner of said vehicle seems to infer that the original seller of the vehicle was somehow complicit in the failure !!
It would be quite obvious and reasonable to assume that the wishbones in question came with the "kit" unless the original seller made them
himself, but if the parts are indeed MK manufactured then how can the trust in the original seller be diminished as its not his/her fault the effing
thing snapped now is it ?
I think "DannyScarbro" needs to go and apologize to "red eye" as its most apparent who's car it is.
quote:
Originally posted by DannyScarbro
Unfortunatly the first update is not the best one!
On my 5th day of ownership I had one of the front wishbones snap, resulting in the wheel folding under, and bending the coilover.
Luckily it collapsed when I was taking the car at the garage or it could have been alot worse.
As you can imagine this was a big shock and scared the life out of me, its amazing how your trust in a car and seller can change so suddenly.
The damage;
After doing abit of research and speaking to a few people I decided to take no chances and replace the whole set of front wishbones. So I ordered a full set of brand new arms from MK direct.
Unfortunatly the arms were going to take a few weeks to arrive, so to make use of the time it was going to be off the road i decided to start the transformation of the aesthetics.
Dan
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Originally posted by Hector.Brocklebank
From the quote below im going to rant.
I feel somewhat upset that the owner of said vehicle seems to infer that the original seller of the vehicle was somehow complicit in the failure !!
It would be quite obvious and reasonable to assume that the wishbones in question came with the "kit" unless the original seller made them himself, but if the parts are indeed MK manufactured then how can the trust in the original seller be diminished as its not his/her fault the effing thing snapped now is it ?
I think "DannyScarbro" needs to go and apologize to "red eye" as its most apparent who's car it is.
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Originally posted by edthedrummer
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Originally posted by Hector.Brocklebank
From the quote below im going to rant.
I feel somewhat upset that the owner of said vehicle seems to infer that the original seller of the vehicle was somehow complicit in the failure !!
It would be quite obvious and reasonable to assume that the wishbones in question came with the "kit" unless the original seller made them himself, but if the parts are indeed MK manufactured then how can the trust in the original seller be diminished as its not his/her fault the effing thing snapped now is it ?
I think "DannyScarbro" needs to go and apologize to "red eye" as its most apparent who's car it is.
Alright chap calm down,
This thread is not the place to discuss this, I am not here to start wars.
Ed
It's interesting that Dannyscrabro's thread does mention that he approached MK and they deny all knowledge, whereas there are several people
on here that recognise them as 'early MK'?
Ed, are you also reviewing the chassis? It looks to be an early Ron Champion design, but it's been chopped about a bit. That lower cross member
looks to have been altered, and you're missing some triangulation on the sides of the engine bay.
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Originally posted by Slimy38
It's interesting that Dannyscrabro's thread does mention that he approached MK and they deny all knowledge, whereas there are several people on here that recognise them as 'early MK'?
Ed, are you also reviewing the chassis? It looks to be an early Ron Champion design, but it's been chopped about a bit. That lower cross member looks to have been altered, and you're missing some triangulation on the sides of the engine bay.
It will be replaced in good time quote:
Originally posted by edthedrummer
Hello!
Yes I am doing, the lower cross member has been altered but it doesn't worry me too much, and I cut the triangulation out as it had started to corrode where the previous exhaust manifold had been chafing on it
Ed
I would tend to agree, on closer inspection the previous owner has moved it for space but not necessarily compromised on it's
intended job which is to brace the suspension supports. Just another one (you probably already have it planned), on mine I've also braced the
front upper bracket, I really didn't like how only half of it was on the upright.
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Originally posted by Slimy38
quote:
Originally posted by edthedrummer
Hello!
Yes I am doing, the lower cross member has been altered but it doesn't worry me too much, and I cut the triangulation out as it had started to corrode where the previous exhaust manifold had been chafing on it
Ed
Good to hear!!
By the way, the suspension you sold me cleaned up really nicely, thank you! The damping adjustment is still very effective, I may need to change the springs depending on my corner weights but I expected that anyway. With any luck I might fit it this side of Christmas!
