Recent content by MechE30

It ain’t called Long Range Japan!

Registered and absolutely cannot wait for July

I think your block tolerances are a little tight for most manufacturers :)

Yeah exactly! Theres a nut for the ground mount and then another pretty shallow one more towards the front of the vehicle. A good idea would be to slot the mount holes of the bracket to make it easier to install.

I made a bracket similar to the mount that guy offered. You can’t really tell but it mounts to the bottom where there were some bolts mounted into nutserts. It’s definitely got room for improvement but there’s some usable space in that area.

I would imagine the biggest symptom would be lack of damping, so not a risk just poor ride comfort.

If you truly go under the rear pressure specs from Kings alone, when you sensor lift it that will increase the force from the hydraulic system to compensate for the lift. So, you could get back in spec.

Sorry didn’t intend to direct that at you. Meant for anyone needing to haul 7ppl regularly.

A minivan is a purpose made tool that functions very very well for its intended purpose. So is a Land Cruiser, but to me it seems your purpose is not aligned with the LC’s.

Save yourself weight and money, go with 1/2” birch. 3/4 is overkill. Also I can never find 4’x8’ sheets of Baltic around here, it’s always that approx 50”x50” size, that may throw a wrench in this cut sheet.

I would guess the rate of speed decrease was not enough to trigger the sensor. This looks very similar to an overlap test which older cars do not handle well. Sort of like a glancing blow where the sheet metal slowed most of the deceleration, rather than a rigid frame. If the impact was greater...

I would check the threading on the Fumoto, maybe you received the wrong part. A few turns kinda indicates to me a close but incorrect thread pitch.

Tell that to the aerospace industry. So many rivets. Gotta size them right but that’s not too hard. Definitely a good option!

How’s the gear pattern looking?

Good on you to do some basic calcs. Essentially, a higher section modulus means for a given moment (force applied at an distance), there’s a lower internal stress on that cross section. So, bigger section modulus means less stress. Stress is bad, but you know that cause you’re a paramedic :)