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Brando
post Nov 25 2005, 10:48 PM
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It can be a pain getting ahold of rear droplinks (i'm having a pain).

Thinking about having adjustable droplinks made for less than OEM/Retail price. How many would be interested in adjustable rear droplinks with openings for stock bushing size?

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post Nov 25 2005, 10:49 PM
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a question that is sure to be asked:

"Mr Brando, what good would adjustable droplinks do on a non adjustable rear bar?"
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post Nov 25 2005, 11:21 PM
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i'd take any droplinks at a reasonable cost. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)
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Seems like adjustable drop links would be necessary if you are going to adjust corner wts. To spend all that time adjusting your ride height to get the corners balanced if you have to tweek the sway bar to install the drop links that would screw up the corner wts.
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post Nov 26 2005, 12:37 AM
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Would they be mounted to the bar in such a way to allow adjusting firm/soft?

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post Nov 26 2005, 07:18 AM
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if the price is right, I'm interested
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I actually thought it was a good idea. It would give you at least some adjustment which is better than you have with a stock bar now. Plus the fact that you can get them for less. I am in for a set.
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post Nov 26 2005, 12:03 PM
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post Nov 26 2005, 12:11 PM
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QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Nov 25 2005, 09:49 PM)
a question that is sure to be asked:

"Mr Brando, what good would adjustable droplinks do on a non adjustable rear bar?"

Mr A-aron Admin Budding Engineer......

No sway (anti-roll) bar is adjustable. Only the length of the arm and/or the drop links.

I can see it's back to Tricycle 101 for you.

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post Nov 26 2005, 12:55 PM
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QUOTE (SLITS @ Nov 26 2005, 11:11 AM)
QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Nov 25 2005, 09:49 PM)
a question that is sure to be asked:

"Mr Brando, what good would adjustable droplinks do on a non adjustable rear bar?"

Mr A-aron Admin Budding Engineer......

No sway (anti-roll) bar is adjustable. Only the length of the arm and/or the drop links.

I can see it's back to Tricycle 101 for you.

Ssssssssssslits

adjustable - as in the length of the lever arn changes, by moving the drop link closer (STIFFER) or farther (softer) away from the pivot.
with an adjustable bar, you need adjustable droplinks.....

i wouldnt think you would need adjustablity with a fixed arm bar (like a stock rear bar), but someone mentioned cornerweighting...
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post Nov 26 2005, 03:06 PM
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a fixed arm bar


They *all* are. It's the drop links and there abilty to slide on the "fixed arm bar" that makes them adustable.

We had this discussion a year ago when Ira was looking for someone to test his adustable rear bar. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

A drop link with a mounting bracket that would allow you to slide the droplink on the bar would be fantastic.

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post Nov 26 2005, 03:42 PM
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QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Nov 26 2005, 11:55 AM)

i wouldnt think you would need adjustablity with a fixed arm bar (like a stock rear bar), but someone mentioned cornerweighting...

eliminating the preload would be nice...ideally the with the car on a level surface it should have zero force differential between each end link, but due to tolerances and beat up chassis and parts, there is bound to have one side under stress instead of being neutral...good idea, just don't use those cheap McMaster-Carr hiem-joints.....I bougth a set of homemade front units at a swap meet and they started to wear out within a few hundred miles


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post Nov 26 2005, 03:54 PM
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QUOTE (trekkor @ Nov 26 2005, 02:06 PM)
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a fixed arm bar


They *all* are. It's the drop links and there abilty to slide on the "fixed arm bar" that makes them adustable.

We had this discussion a year ago when Ira was looking for someone to test his adustable rear bar. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)

A drop link with a mounting bracket that would allow you to slide the droplink on the bar would be fantastic.

KT

but the droplink mount onthe bar is not adjustable.

we are talking ADJUSTABLE droplinks not adjustable droplink mounts....

so i said...without a "Moveable droplink attatchment point" on the bar, the only benefit of a height adjustable droplink is to eliminate preloading of the bar...

quit bitching about techincalities...
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post Nov 26 2005, 06:33 PM
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post Nov 26 2005, 06:38 PM
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i've actually been thinking about fabricating these on my own, so i'd be in for a quality set, brando.

after corner-weighting the car, i have some serious preload on the rear bar. (also thought about just cutting and welding it to shorten one side...)
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QUOTE (nebreitling @ Nov 26 2005, 05:38 PM)
i've actually been thinking about fabricating these on my own, so i'd be in for a quality set, brando.

after corner-weighting the car, i have some serious preload on the rear bar. (also thought about just cutting and welding it to shorten one side...)

cut in the middle, get a die and cut left and right hand threads on it, and make a female threaded middle piece....

basically mod the old dogbone into an adjustable length droplink
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post Nov 26 2005, 06:49 PM
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adjustable length droplink


Yes. The drop link should feel loose and be twistable by hand with the car flat on the ground.



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post Nov 29 2005, 12:13 AM
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post Nov 29 2005, 12:18 AM
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I'll throw a wrench into all of this.. you only need to make one side adjustable. You dont need two.


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post Nov 29 2005, 12:21 AM
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