Help needed..!!

Has anyone got..either to sell to me..or that I can borrow to measure up...a set of radius arm extension plates?

Sorry if i'm wrong but are they the adjustment plates (camber etc)?
If yes I do have some.

Thanks, but I'm after these babies......

That's a rather natty hi-lo set up Jono, what vehicle are we looking at the underside of?

Anderson Cub...

Is there something you feel you should be telling us Jono?

Hi Jono,

I've PM you....

Dave

It's interesting to note that the Anderson Cub extensions only extend the wheelbase. The Andrew's Scamp ones also raised the ride height by being angled downwards.

If i remember correctly they increase wheelbase by 3" and height by 1", though i may be wrong.

Steve Taylor made his own trailing arms out of box section didn't he

Martin & Nettie wrote:Steve Taylor made his own trailing arms out of box section didn't he

Yep, and a pair are sat in my garage. Steve Edmonds also has a pair, maker unknown, that are actually better than the Steve Taylor ones.

..box section? Did they have some major league wall thickness and/or bracing. Post a picture, would you?

Cheers, Jono

The guy who built my Mk2 extended the trailing arms two inches by cutting and inserting a length of gas pipe... which sounds extremely dodgy, but they're brazed in, the alignment is correct and the MoT examiner didn't remark on them.

Unfortunately, without booster springs the extra leverage caused the back end to sag, and anyway the pivot bushes were past it, so I've replaced the arms with normal length ones, with some misgivings as the wheel isn't now central in the arch. However this won't be a problem if the intended 6-wheel conversion ever comes to pass.

Jono wrote:..box section? Did they have some major league wall thickness and/or bracing. Post a picture, would you?

Cheers, Jono

Run away from Steve's 40mm box trailing arms Jono and take big steps! Sarah Irish has a pair on the back of her Scamp. The deflection AND twist in the trailing arms is actually visible, camber and toe changes whilst driving!

If i was going to fabricate a set I'd go down the route used by autograssers. Harry Hockley makes one's for Rally cars that look easy enough to copy.

http://www.hh-ms.com/HHMS_rear_independent_sus.htm

TRR Motorsport wrote:

If i was going to fabricate a set I'd go down the route used by autograssers. Harry Hockley makes one's for Rally cars that look easy enough to copy.

http://www.hh-ms.com/HHMS_rear_independent_sus.htm

They look very similar to the ones that Steve Edmonds has. Much more substantial than my Steve Taylor ones.

Much more substantial

As is the price tag...

Rum Tum Tugger wrote:

Much more substantial

As is the price tag...

Who said anything about buying them? I'd make my own.

Which brings us back to the top again

...now sorted, with many thanks to Dave. Cheers