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Castor correction

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15 Mar 2013 22:46 #65838 by gus2000
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reaper wrote:

gus2000 wrote:


And what of the top of the hole that has next to no wall thickness , im still very sceptical of the wall on the bottom and wouldnt trust that on road nevermind offroad
And as said before you are still dropping the front of the arm way down into harms way , a good hit on that and it will rip that hole like butter


Hello Reaper

I agree with you that the wall thickness has no reassuring appearance.

For greater security, I'm going to calculate by the method of finite elements (FEM)

This tested on numerous off-road crossings. :) far not be broke :)

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My apologies to occupy so much space with videos in this post. The audio of the videos are in Spanish

Gustavo

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16 Mar 2013 09:23 #65863 by barnes
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RichiesJimny wrote: Well got the time to fit my new front radius arms from rhinorays today, it's much nicer to drive now, I can pass cars on a narrow road without flinching :laugh:
Ian my arms came with triangular cut outs.

They look great how much were they with ray mate?

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16 Mar 2013 13:22 #65888 by RichiesJimny
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barnes wrote:

RichiesJimny wrote: Well got the time to fit my new front radius arms from rhinorays today, it's much nicer to drive now, I can pass cars on a narrow road without flinching :laugh:
Ian my arms came with triangular cut outs.

They look great how much were they with ray mate?


The arms are £260 including bushes and delivery from Rays.

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16 Mar 2013 13:27 #65889 by markyp2000
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I have to say i wish id gone for them arms as the o r a arms sit very low as there tubs not i beem shap but im happy with i at the moment

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16 Mar 2013 14:10 #65895 by g187eev
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Our arms only sit about 10mm lower at the very bottom of the bend. Honestly there really in nothing in it.

RB

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16 Mar 2013 14:31 #65897 by TomDK
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g187eev wrote: Our arms only sit about 10mm lower at the very bottom of the bend. Honestly there really in nothing in it.

RB


Agreed on that one.

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