Front Strut brace

[zeroaxe]

You fellas that have bought these braces, can somone please do me a favour and tell me the dimentions of the Strut brace itself? I am after what thickness 'plate' is used for the (two)parts that fit over the bolts and the diameter of the pipe(round or square if applicable) that is used please. I can possibly have one made for me out of Stainless Steel!!! Cool or what?

Thanks in advance guys(and gals).

[yetibone]

I made mine from schedule 40 T6 aluminum pipe with 1/2" ID, and 1/4" T6 aluminum plate. For ends of the bars, I used 3/4" T6 aluminum solid bar that I drilled, and threaded for the fork ends, then shouldered (turned down) to fit into the pipe, and TIG welded it together.

[zeroaxe]

Thanks yetibone. The only thing that I am a little confused about is exactly where the solid bar comes in to play. I.e. how did you TIG that to the two plates? Thanks again :agree:

[yetibone]

The solid bar pieces are for the fork ends to screw into. The I.D. of the pipes I used was too big for the 1/2-20 fork ends, so the drilled, and tapped solid pieces was the only solution for a smaller inner diameter to suit the fork ends' threads. They're welded to the ends of the bar going between the strut towers, and the bars going down to the frame head. Here's some pics...

[Steve C]

Hi Yetibone

You and I must be the only people who feel the need to brace the struts to the floor area.

I made mine from 25 mm square steel tube with a 1/4 inch plate over the strut tops. I didn't make mine adjustable at all.

Steve

[yetibone]

WERD!:agree:

I'd seen ones that have diagonal bracing up to the far front of the spare tire well, but none like mine, until I saw pics of yours. My thinking is that that style of bracing I'd seen before I built mine didn't seem to counter the cornering loads on the towers as well by sending the load forward to another part of the body. It really only sends the load to the opposite strut tower. Our ideas address the the transverse loads on the strut towers by bracing them directly to the chassis, and to each other.