Stingxray
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Starting to cut parts and Ohh oooo... Material thickness
This question is meant for Pier-Paolo , but please .....anyone can chime in. I had purchased plate stainless material and took to my cousins shop and was ready to be cut. Unfortunately we found out late it's thinner than the plans require.(don't trust anyone...measure it your self). Ok So plans call for 8 MM for outer 2 brackets and cross bar and 6 MM for the rest. As it turns out.... My sheets measure , 1/4 (6.35 MM) and 3/16 (4.75mm) . My delema is can I substitute the thinner 2 or should I double up as (Pablo did) the 4.75 mm for the outer bracket = 9.5mm ? That's the critical load bearing plate that the bearing hub bolts to. Is this over kill ? I'm not sure what the factory trailing arm thickness is? The projects on hold now :huh: Input.....
Thanks Grant :clobbered:
This question is meant for Pier-Paolo , but please .....anyone can chime in. I had purchased plate stainless material and took to my cousins shop and was ready to be cut. Unfortunately we found out late it's thinner than the plans require.(don't trust anyone...measure it your self). Ok So plans call for 8 MM for outer 2 brackets and cross bar and 6 MM for the rest. As it turns out.... My sheets measure , 1/4 (6.35 MM) and 3/16 (4.75mm) . My delema is can I substitute the thinner 2 or should I double up as (Pablo did) the 4.75 mm for the outer bracket = 9.5mm ? That's the critical load bearing plate that the bearing hub bolts to. Is this over kill ? I'm not sure what the factory trailing arm thickness is? The projects on hold now :huh: Input.....
Thanks Grant :clobbered:
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