rampage Mt V3/4 front upper suspension arms

[James1996]

or just get 2 of them from ddm for 15 bucks with the plastic arms

 

[Ffdfiretruck]

The bolts I am trying are .97 each, and the local hardware store stocks them so I don't have to go 3-5 days waiting on shipping.

 

[James1996]

so the bolts work post up a pick

 

[James1996]

you lucky i have to wait like 2 weeks for them in Australia

 

[Ffdfiretruck]

Tapatalk won't let me upload pictures for some reason, I posted a picture last night and now it's gone.

 

[Ffdfiretruck]

Ok I found the pic I posted it's on page 1.

I used a 5/16x18 NC tap and tapped both ends that size in right hand thread.

Then I had to take a die in the same size and turn threads on the rest of the nylon bolt because it only had threads on half. If you put a socket on the head and run it all the way into the die and turn slow and even the head will snap off leaving a piece of nylon all thread.

The bolts I bought were 5/16x18 nylon 2 1/2 inches long.

The tensile strength is 877 pounds.

I plan on bashing it today or tomorrow and letting everyone know how it works. Worse case I have to switch to metal all thread if the nylon brakes easily. They feel pretty strong though.

 

[Ffdfiretruck]

Ok the nylon may or may not work. I broke one testing but I also lost a dogbone pin and decided to drive it anyways. After I rolled it the nylon bolt was broken and the entire dogbone was missing. So did the bolt break and the db fellout or did the db break the bolt?

 

[Guest]

My guess would be the nylon bolt broke. The colaspt suspension would snap the dog bone pins real quick if you were still driving.

 

[Ffdfiretruck]

The outer pin had already fell out, I just kept driving in 2wd. I was at the local soccer park so who knows where it fell out at.

My wife is calling my new hobby a money pit!