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[The Batman]

Where are mine

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

Where are mine

Will order next week

[Andrew aka Stuwy]

i did not know how "young" this project is, being a noob i just imagined this was years and years of project but 12ish months is amazing edit: i have read the whole thing from page 1, took me over an hour

Edited by Stuwy, 04 October 2011 - 11:43 PM.

[Mangham54]

That is why turning out a series win is so much more of stupendous result. The amount of prep Jimmy put into his car was immmense, but probably nothing in comparison to his main rivals who will have been developing their cars over a much longer period, I suspect.

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

So some cookery


Take one VX220 wishbone. Cover in hammerite paint and bake in heated shed for 8hrs.



Make sure inside edge of wishbone is completely clean.



Remove rose joints from freezer



Place bolt and applicator in from the bottom and align the rose joint to top (not visible in pic)



Place the top of the applicator on the rose joint with a nut and wind it finger tight



Using utensils now tighten so that rose joint is aligned and pulled into wishbone correctly




Continue to stir until applicator tool is completely tight againt wishbone.



Rose joint is now inserted to the correct depth

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

Grease inside of rose joint and locate spacer and O-ring



Push spacer into rose joint


Turn wishbone over and pack full of grease again


Push in spacer and oring


Now go and do the rest


Next up PIZZA

[FLD]

Quick question... Why use a rose joint in the wishbone ends? Would it not be more sensible to be using a roller bearing?

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

Quick question...
Why use a rose joint in the wishbone ends? Would it not be more sensible to be using a roller bearing?

Nah wrong application. Short stroke applications like this use rose joints for the optimum load bearing. Roller type bearings are used for something that would continue to rotate like a wheel for instance. They cannot sustain the amount of load a rose joint can.

I think

[FLD]

Quick question...
Why use a rose joint in the wishbone ends? Would it not be more sensible to be using a roller bearing?

Nah wrong application. Short stroke applications like this use rose joints for the optimum load bearing. Roller type bearings are used for something that would continue to rotate like a wheel for instance. They cannot sustain the amount of load a rose joint can.

I think

I guess thats why I'm a scientist and not an engineer. I'd have put a twin taper roller bearing in it!

[VX-GT]

Quick question...
Why use a rose joint in the wishbone ends? Would it not be more sensible to be using a roller bearing?

Nah wrong application. Short stroke applications like this use rose joints for the optimum load bearing. Roller type bearings are used for something that would continue to rotate like a wheel for instance. They cannot sustain the amount of load a rose joint can.

I think

I guess thats why I'm a scientist and not an engineer. I'd have put a twin taper roller bearing in it!

atom's & formula one cars use twin taper roller bearing.load force has a wider distribution but maintenance is higher
therefore not practical for cars owed by non scientist or engineers

[JG]

you need to get those wishbones powder coated Jimmy Also you need a bigger workshop/shed. Your balls are going to strung up shortly if you leave brake bits on the sink

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

you need to get those wishbones powder coated Jimmy

Also you need a bigger workshop/shed. Your balls are going to strung up shortly if you leave brake bits on the sink

She wasn't happy when she got in and saw her kitchen had been taken over Going to have to crack out the marigolds once I've finished

[FLD]

You'll be fine. I have two cranks in the kitchen, a diffuser in the living room, alcantara on the dining table and I frequently tramp carbon trimmings through the house on my shoes. Oh, and there's some other engine parts somewhere. ETA... I wonder why she wont move in???

Edited by FLD, 08 October 2011 - 08:44 AM.

[FLD]

Quick question...
Why use a rose joint in the wishbone ends? Would it not be more sensible to be using a roller bearing?

Nah wrong application. Short stroke applications like this use rose joints for the optimum load bearing. Roller type bearings are used for something that would continue to rotate like a wheel for instance. They cannot sustain the amount of load a rose joint can.

I think

I guess thats why I'm a scientist and not an engineer. I'd have put a twin taper roller bearing in it!

atom's & formula one cars use twin taper roller bearing.load force has a wider distribution but maintenance is higher
therefore not practical for cars owed by non scientist or engineers

Good to know I'm not a complete retard then! I cant wait to see your car rolling. It will be awesome.

[Nev]

Are you racing your car next year Jimmy, just tracking it, or turning it back into a road car ?

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

Are you racing your car next year Jimmy, just tracking it, or turning it back into a road car ?

Oh it'll never go back Nev

Plan is to race

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

I'm usually pretty prompt turning the car around but I've got so little time to play with at present I'm having to do this bush install in fits and starts. Job was put on hold as I needed to get my drivers side front hub machined for more camber and had to wait on some ball joints to be delivered.

So got my bits today and did a chunk more work

Hub machined on the main face too to centralise the brake disc and to add more neg camber. Castor also maximised.



Front right wishbone fully finished now with new ball joints, new wishbone bushes, machined hub, brake cooling duct


ABS is coming out soon, have to do the passenger side of the car next though, but have to take a trip to the big A first for some aero mods!

[ArticMonkey]

How much clearance is the brake duct and pipe work going to have from the Nitrons Jim? Full lock left/right would it not rub?

[JimmyJamJerusalem]

How much clearance is the brake duct and pipe work going to have from the Nitrons Jim? Full lock left/right would it not rub?

Nah there's plenty of clearance dude, this is quite a common mod tbh

[ArticMonkey]

Good good, must be the angle of the picture.