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fastcarl

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gents, although ive had one in my hand in the past i never weighed it, does anyone know the weight excluding pin,

aslo whats the weight of a standard cast iron rear arm, iv'e got 11lbs in my head somewhere from way back,

cheers carl

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Lighter than yours. ha ha ha


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shut the f-ck up tea tray spoiler boy,lol

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just weighed mine, doesnt have the pin in for the hub... it came to approx 6kg


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Carl, not exactly what you are looking for but it's a start. Weights are for the arms complete with pin for the hub and the pivot pin.

Standard arm - 13.4kg
KAD alloy arm - 8.5kg

Weights are to the nearest 100g weighed on my bathroom scales so not 100% accurate.

Hope this helps a bit.

Cheers, Keith

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Carl, on second thoughts I might be talking shit!!

Can't remember if that was built up with brakes or not. I've a feeling the standard arm was with a cast iron drum and hub and the KAD arm was with an alloy drum and hub. Too long ago to remember and too late at night to think straight !!

I would ignore everything I've said, I'm sure somebody will come up with a better answer!!

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I dont have time to search right now as Im going out to work but I remember John Kimmins posting the weight of one of his arms years ago which stated the weight of KAD aswell. I believe his was very slightly lighter

Paul

I seriously doubt it!


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Standard cast arm, with pin 5.74kg, rear hub 1.3kg & backplate 0.82kg. Don't know about KAD but have some on order that I can weight on arrival. Anyway why do you ask Carl?

Edited by alaskanow0 on 31st Dec, 2010.

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I searched and could only find figues for the standard arm,bare with no pin - 5.53kg.

Cheers Ross.

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fastcarl

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thank's gents, the 5.5kg is not far off my origional thoughts .

iv'e fpound a like for the KAD arm at 2.95, i'll assume this must be with pin fitted,

i'm just trying to compare my stuff to others, [info for my site]

i might have a look into billet aluminium arms,

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Could you make a set of light weight rear arms that would work with rubber cone suspension? I'd be interested in a set if you could - currently considering the KAD ones for my car.

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i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it

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ditto

On 31st Dec, 2010 apbellamy said:
Could you make a set of light weight rear arms that would work with rubber cone suspension? I'd be interested in a set if you could - currently considering the KAD ones for my car.

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Why wolfie...you should have your name as Fuckfaceshithead !


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interested too

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would need to be strong though strong enough for a full fat car and full fat driver!

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I'm not fat, I have heavy bones lol

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i tried putting soap on it , and heating it to brown , then slathered my new lube on it

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On 31st Dec, 2010 apbellamy said:
Could you make a set of light weight rear arms that would work with rubber cone suspension? I'd be interested in a set if you could - currently considering the KAD ones for my car.


in TI yes readily available, in billet alloy, is doable in two different ways, but not easy in either,


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how much for the ti jobbies mr A?

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fastcarl

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not less than £800 a pair, as per my site prices,

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fastcarl

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well, 2 sets of scales , 2 different results,

some TI pin monut coilover rear arms ive just amde up weighed 1.8kg without pin on my[ read wifes] kitchen spring balance tyre scales, but took them to the workshop with pin fitted and they weighed a few grams under 2kg on my digital scales,
obviously i'm going with the digital scale weight ,lol

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