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I wonder how much these weigh?

More than standard arms maybe?

bloody hell Nic, your easily impressed,

i think they are crap. but then again i know more about the subject than you,

carl

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im like a magpie, i just saw the shinyness and very little info

Apparantly "These remove and reduce bump steer" Lol
Would be one or the other i would have thought !!

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have you seen or made any better ones carl ???

you are the guru on this subject

id be bloody amazed if they do what they say, !!!!

On 18th of Dec, 2006 at 10:05pm Turbo Phil said:
Apparantly "These remove and reduce bump steer" Lol
Would be one or the other i would have thought !!

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i dont know what theyre made from, but if theyre the right materials theyve got to be lighter than steering arm ends and cooper s arms

well the idea is that the rod end can be raised / lowered to get rid of the bump steer,

nice idea but i wont be paying that for a bit of steel!

on the same lines has any one seen the add in one of mags for steering arms tha "lighten" the steering effort...

TBH they |"may" reduce bump steer

after all standard track rod ends are a shade feeble under FULL! race conditions

its the rack which is the weak link after that

i mean under high stress conditions.

but if peeps have the money ?

I've never had a problem with the bog standard track rod ends, even with extreme abuse during autograss racing.

However that kit looks like it is moving in the right direction to lower the working arc of the steering arm to alter the bump steer characteristic.
I have seen neater solutions also, and most certainly cheaper solutions.

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so far even the one person i thought might have noticed, has failed to spot the error in this kit,

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the water trap on the top of the arm?

*edit*
and the way all the crap and debris will drip directly ontot he rosejoint?

Edited by joeybaby83 on 18th Dec, 2006.

"Turbo's make torque, and torque makes fun"

"did you know you can toast potato waffles?"

the Spherical rod end

oh and won't the rod end/ rosejoint/sperical doo dah restrict the available up/down travel?

Wouldnt have thought that the track boys had problems with these to justify the price tag

The off road guys however may see a benefit.

But

As you say Mr Benross Its the rack thats the big issue. Any one remember the BMH ST rack from 1996

Also, whats wrong with using a standard female spherical rod end with the spacers and a nut and bolt??? Seen that done.

Not being an expert in these things but I would have thought the rose joint wants spacing up a long way from where it is and not that far down down???
Regards
Dave

Edited by danboy on 18th Dec, 2006.

Not if its beed slammed

"these are used by many racing champions in mini miglia and mini 7"


I understand that to be correct btw...


I don't like any arm that does what this does, but at least this has a thick section about the body to reduce the twisting moment from the very offset rod-end. If you tried that on a stock arm, you'll see quite a bit ot twist I'd have thought?

oh i get it now,

this arm is straight with a long spacer to put the joint where it needs to be (ish) where as the std arm has a kink in it.

in this case this arm may not limit the travel, but i have heard that a std arm with a rod end on it binds.

sorry, it was written before further up this post:S

Edited by miniminor63 on 19th Dec, 2006.

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