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Re: Photos of coilover components/mockup- T3 camberplates/hats, King Springs, Koni sleeve kit Wed, 07 September 2005 05:17 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
ed_ma61 wrote on Sun, 04 September 2005 17:18

that link all sounds a bit frickin washy to me...

either the spherical bearing is deigned to take ALL the load, and provide for multiple dgrees of freedom of motion. the spring hat is in direct and consant contact with the bearing, and the two move together freely.

OR

the spring hat should 'locate' into the bottom of the sperical bearing retainer (which then take the axial spring load), with the shaft of the shock passing freely through the hat, the spring hat NEVER touching the spherical bearing, and the two move independantly. this implies that the bearing provides a range of motion to the shock shaft, and the range of angular motion required by the spring is provided by its own flexible properties.

what seems to be the case, though, is a half half sloppy-joe mix...

at near 90deg, the hat is located onto the spherical bearing (its doesnt appear located onto the bearing retainer at all), the two move together, and the spherical bearing takes all the load, then after a few degrees the spring hat will bottom out on the bearing retainer, and will be forced to remain static expecting the spring to take up the slack ?? Rolling Eyes

now it does all depend on how much motion you require, but if youre going to dial in some camber, and put the system right on the edge, id love to see what happen under a big copressive load...

maybe im just seeing the pics wrong, but to my mind thats just isnt quite right


I'm with Ed on this one.

Even though I like them, I'd be making an adaptor so that the spherical bearing takes all the load. I don't like the flat area contact to take angular load

Cheers

Michael B

PS Thanks for the pics Stefan.
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