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| 76-914 |
 Mar 22 2013, 11:59 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist  Group: Members Posts: 13,737 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California 
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I want to stiffen the trailing arms by adding the 1" tubes as outlined in another thread http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...p;#entry1831183 . Erc had some good info on this as did Andy (socalandy). This is my question. Should the tube wall be the same gauge as the trailing arm material? Andy stated the the tube he used is .125 wall and I thought that was overkill but I am a self admitted dumb ass and what do I know. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) Also, should the tube be chromoloy? The only .125 I have is mid steel sch. 40 and thought I'd better ask those in the know, first. TIA, kent
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Mar 22 2013, 03:08 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,033 Joined: 28-January 13 From: Knoxville Tn Member No.: 15,438 Region Association: South East States |
Skipping any structural issues as I am sure others have more insight than I do. But it is always best to put the same types of steel together. I don't think the arm is chromoly so I think the mild steel might be the better as it will have similar expansion and contraction properties as the arm. But I don't know if the way that loads are carried through the makes a certain wall thickness a requirement but it would seem appropriate to try to match what was there and not go into overkill mode unless there is a clear benefit.
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76-914 Trailing Arm Re-inforcement Question Mar 22 2013, 11:59 AM
McMark This is a guess - but I would imagine that any tub... Mar 22 2013, 02:51 PM gms
I want to stiffen the trailing arms by adding the... Mar 22 2013, 03:34 PM
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Skipping any structural issues as I am sure other... Mar 22 2013, 03:58 PM |
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