Cube Dweller
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I made the ones on my runner our of round, 1.75 OD .120 HREW. After one trip through the Rubicon they have some dents. I think DOM would have held up better, but in Sac, it's way more $$$. I'll live with the dents.
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alia176
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Download George's slider drawings on DXF and print them out for templates. I used his schematics and they were spot on.
Ali
Ali
if your worried about weight, why not just increase the diameter. i believe bending stiffness and torsion are heavily reliant on distance from center. why not go with a larger diameter and smaller thickness? i say this because i'm interested in desiging my own sliders eventually
C6H12O6
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informationjunky said:
Take a number. The line is behind LR_RESQ and me.
Seriously, I can't wait. No time to build my own and no welding skills. I have other skills (bow-staff skills, nunchuck skills), but no welders, cutters, benders, etc. His other stuff is pretty sick, so I'm excited to see what he comes up with. The design sounds great from what Mark and I have emailed back and forth about.
Dang, Mark, this got me all excited again. Any ETA yet?
alia176 said:flex! your not gonna flex, your gonna rip the steel open or at the least dent the crap out of your sliders..
If you're ripping slider steel open with an 80 that's using 1/8" wall thickness, then you're wheeling way harder than the average Joe on this board
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The average Joe on this forum wheels?
News to me.
1/8 should be fine, heck 0.120 DOM should be fine as well.
C6H12O6 said:Take a number. The line is behind LR_RESQ and me.
Seriously, I can't wait. No time to build my own and no welding skills. I have other skills (bow-staff skills, nunchuck skills), but no welders, cutters, benders, etc. His other stuff is pretty sick, so I'm excited to see what he comes up with. The design sounds great from what Mark and I have emailed back and forth about.
Dang, Mark, this got me all excited again. Any ETA yet?
Yes but I dont want to hi-jack this thread.
Mark
Mace said:I obviously need to do more searches on my name..
I could not resist.
I think this is a good thing.
To add to the cacophony here, I used to build desert buggies. These were 2500 lb. cars. I would build sliders out of 1/8" wall tubing.
Now, an 80 is a 6,000 lb. truck. I personally would not build a slider out of any less than 1/4" wall material. I might build it in an innovative way, but I would not use less than 1/4" solid steel. I would likely go thicker, but never less! Overkill is not a sin.
Now, an 80 is a 6,000 lb. truck. I personally would not build a slider out of any less than 1/4" wall material. I might build it in an innovative way, but I would not use less than 1/4" solid steel. I would likely go thicker, but never less! Overkill is not a sin.
AlaskanWheeler
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Can anyone provide a link to these templates; getting ready to build my own sliders, the more info the better.
Thanks
Never a truer word spoken.
On the IH8MUD Tech Links page [George Scolaro (FJ80 Sliders - photos) (Fabrication)] Link: IH8MUD.com - Technical
George's TLC Page
It appears his page might be down right now. Send him a PM if it isn't working in a day or so. His 'Mud username is: George_TLC
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If I have the right guy in mind, his website seems to be down since at least a few days ago. The URL: http://www.george4wd.taskled.com/slider.html
But as I said, the site does NOT seem to be working at the moment.
i used to run a 3/16" wall square tube slider. they were too heavy and too strong.
i have 1/8" wall dom sliders now. I beat on them as hard as anyone. they dont bend. you wont bend them.
the idea of adding weight to help lower the center of gravity is severely flawed.
i have 1/8" wall dom sliders now. I beat on them as hard as anyone. they dont bend. you wont bend them.
the idea of adding weight to help lower the center of gravity is severely flawed.
I think [edit] lowering the centre of gravity is a good thing, adding weight is not so good.
