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Question for you.
What's the reason behind having a slot?
The shackle pin either fits or it doesn't. Surely a round hole is all that's needed and may be cheaper. More meat around the hole = strength. If it has to be a slot then I'd rather it was angled like Lukeys. Having a vertical slot must weaken the front pulling face.
Another thought. If you extend the nose like these -
that would avoid skinned knuckles from the mounting bolt heads.
Note the increased meat at the front.
Food for thought...Malcom
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Originally posted by Talktheroo View PostI am being serious now. You want to set up the hooks so that they fit when you have barwork fitted. When you see a 95 in the street with a bull bar have a look, you will see what I mean. Just while you are at the design stage.
The Roo.
By the looks, junkie's design would be fine with an ARB bar but not with an Alloy/OEM bar. I'm pretty sure there's a few threads documenting the problems faced by 90 series owners with alloy bars.[B]Declan[/B]: [SIZE=1]1997 GXL 4.5 Auto 80 series on [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], ARB bullbar, 2" OME lift, 32" MTZ, GME UHF, rear ARB locker, Kaymar spare wheel carrier[/SIZE]
[B]PLANNED[/B]: [SIZE=1]3 or 4" suspension lift, 2" body lift (maybe), winch, 35" MTZ + roadies, front locker, sliders, cylinder head rebuilt for [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], Garret [COLOR="#4499ff"][B]Turbocharger[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]
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Originally posted by Talktheroo View PostPatrols, what can I say about that, hmmmm.... good driveline design, oh, and you can put 35s on them pretty easy.
John (##########).
They're very photogenic when stranded
I'd take a punt on these if they weren't so expensive although they are cheaper on the website - http://www.roadrunneroffroad.com.au/...ml#producttabs
I find it hard to justify $129 against Lukey's $95 for a bit of folded 10mm plate. Cams included free postage, don't know about Lukey's
I do like the extended nose on Cams though.
Who is interested in buying some of the yellow ones sight unseen?
I've emailed Cam regarding some sort of a group buy so it might be worth the effort to file a mm or so from one hole.Malcom
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Originally posted by MalcomM View PostQuestion for you.
What's the reason behind having a slot?
Originally posted by Talktheroo View PostWho's game enough to fit these. Glen these guys are in Sydney I think. Could you check them out for us? It's the two holes at the front there and would fit on the vehicles with bull bars. It's so close for fitting, only about 1mm or so which is a pain in the arse if it just doesn't fit. For your information the bolts are 12mm 8.8s on our vehicles that have bull bars. If they do fit I would follow and buy a set. Disclaimer : I didn't find this company, Malcom did and he is really good at finding things like this. Malcom also found a company, DNA 4WD, that does the Brown Davis bash plates for $351.00 which I have purchased one from them, still in the transport stage at the moment.
The link : http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ws/eBayIS...d=378581455138
John (##########).[B]Declan[/B]: [SIZE=1]1997 GXL 4.5 Auto 80 series on [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], ARB bullbar, 2" OME lift, 32" MTZ, GME UHF, rear ARB locker, Kaymar spare wheel carrier[/SIZE]
[B]PLANNED[/B]: [SIZE=1]3 or 4" suspension lift, 2" body lift (maybe), winch, 35" MTZ + roadies, front locker, sliders, cylinder head rebuilt for [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], Garret [COLOR="#4499ff"][B]Turbocharger[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]
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Originally posted by williade View PostThe slot is so that you can feed the shackle through the hole instead of the pin
Originally posted by williade View PostI know from personal experience that theses wont fit on a 90 series because the bolt hole spacing is different between the 90 series and the 80 series.
The bolt holes are quite a bit larger than the 90 bolts which allows these numbers.
Cam will give us a discount but needs numbers and delivery locations. Before I make this a group buy, I need an indication of interest please...
Note: You will have to file the middle mounting hole into a bit of a slot to make it fit.
So who is in?Malcom
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Originally posted by Talktheroo View Postthose holes at the front are very close mate.... I am in Malcom ... wildflower yellow, hmmmmm darling, Everlasting daisies honey.... Roo was gay[B]Declan[/B]: [SIZE=1]1997 GXL 4.5 Auto 80 series on [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], ARB bullbar, 2" OME lift, 32" MTZ, GME UHF, rear ARB locker, Kaymar spare wheel carrier[/SIZE]
[B]PLANNED[/B]: [SIZE=1]3 or 4" suspension lift, 2" body lift (maybe), winch, 35" MTZ + roadies, front locker, sliders, cylinder head rebuilt for [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]LPG[/COLOR][/B], Garret [COLOR="#4499ff"][B]Turbocharger[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]
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Originally posted by williade View PostI tried fitting my Bush ranger hooks from the 95 series to the 80 series and IIRC the difference in hole spacing was more than could be ground away, without proper machine tools.
The bolt holes in the 100 plates are way bigger than the 90 hook holes so there's several mm gained there already.
If you check the dimensions given in the web diagram and compare those to the actual 90 hooks, there's about 1.5mm to be filed out of the plate (in theory). This is RoadRunners drawing and thats the plates we are talking about so Mods, please don't delete...
Malcom
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Originally posted by b00stjunk1e View PostJustan update, I have found the steel, found someone to fold it and found the laser cutters, I shall hopefully have one made soon. As for fitting on the bull bar can you guys upload some pictures of your current recovery hooks as I have a heap of space on my car.
Cheers Matt
Are you keeping to your original design or taking the comments above into consideration?
I'm happy to wait for yours if they are going to be what we want?Malcom
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Hi Malcom,
I have changed the design a little bit, taking into account some of the comments. The only change that I have made is where the D Shackle is mounted there is no slot. It has a hole instead so that it has its maximum strength. However I'm designing one so that the actual shackle can go through like the ones with the slots i'm also looking at one other design which should be up late tonight or tomorrow morning.
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Originally posted by MalcomM View PostAny update to your design Matt?Our 6 year old and 3 year old try their hardest to make sure there is no time or money for the other baby
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