Anyone ever bent a 2wd beam due to hard full grip launch?
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went to central day and managed a 1.6 60ft 11.3 1/4 in my 2wd saph and since and my rear wheels are pointing all directions and handles really poo, ive check all door gaps etc and they are mint had it on the ramp at work and everything is mint?
please no silly replies regarding the shell or rot and shell strength due to old age it was a brand new shell not to long ago! and bushes are near new!
this IS a suspension geometry issue!
please no silly replies regarding the shell or rot and shell strength due to old age it was a brand new shell not to long ago! and bushes are near new!
this IS a suspension geometry issue!
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could it not be you bushes that have collapsed under hard stress?
carnt really see you bendiing a beam from a hard launch tbh
unless you have twatted it sideways into a kerb
i did that and it put my rear beam out by 2 degrees but also took the shell
check the bushes mate
carnt really see you bendiing a beam from a hard launch tbh
unless you have twatted it sideways into a kerb
i did that and it put my rear beam out by 2 degrees but also took the shell
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check the bushes mate
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all the bushes are perfectly mint , polly bushed beam with axle tightening kit std rose jointed rear arms, and i run bilstien coil overs, the beam itself looks fine but when it was re shelled it was due to being slid into a tree side ways and the old beam was fit to the new shell, i replaced the beam for a good one and all was well now after last sunday the wheels are now sitting simiar to what they were when the old beam was bent but on close inspection of that you couldn't find any bend or kink so i'm thinking its bent in a similiar manor, and no its not been kerbed
p.s cheers for the comments on the 60ft
p.s cheers for the comments on the 60ft
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Originally Posted by Charlie Chalk
A bent shock wouldnt affect it would it.. ? ![Confused](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
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Originally Posted by Stavros
Originally Posted by cossie4i
I think your diff will die first.
The car was launching fucking hard on the day. It also had a breif problem with tramp on the run prior to the 11.3 while launching.
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i can only stess so much that the car was perfect before central day and has only arisen since then! the beams are so much weaker than the other items such as rear arms and shockers, thats why i was wondering if it had happened to any one else?
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sounds like your pretty sure it's the beam then?
i'd get it whipped off and checked...i think Brom has a jig he could probably check it over.
sounds like you may need a strapped version
i'd get it whipped off and checked...i think Brom has a jig he could probably check it over.
sounds like you may need a strapped version
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Originally Posted by pee vee
they bend
fukkin hell. i was thinking how strong the beam looked when i saw mine off the car as well ![Surprised](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/bigcry.gif)
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alot of the rally / club mans they strap wrap the beam and weld sections on the outer part of the beam for extra strenth
mine has had box sections welded on the outer part of the beam
where it starts to straighten
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Originally Posted by cossie4i
Originally Posted by BROM@ZOO
wat diff u runiing Steve
Thats 2 i have killed in a week, been ok for the last 3 1/2 years with the same suspension set up.
Steve.
as for beams bending on a rally or hitting somthing yes but road and track no they will not bed mike recently had his beam revamped so to speek i bolted his beam back into the jig after 4 yrs of road and track abuse and it all lined up perfectly even with the extra leaverge from the zoo mods on the centre of the beam it still did not twist
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Originally Posted by DazC
Originally Posted by Charlie Chalk
A bent shock wouldnt affect it would it.. ? ![Confused](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_confused.gif)
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will be good to know whats the problem though
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