24 Oct 2006, 8:43am
How has anyone fixed the bumpers in place,weld or bolted in?Cheers
front bumpers
24 Oct 2006, 10:37am
We've not fixed them in place yet, but I think we will go with bolts. The spot light bracket bolts go through where the bumpers slide into the chassis. They will be able to double up for bumper mounting.
24 Oct 2006, 10:43am
bumpers
thanks for that,did you use self tappers for you brackets?if so what type.Just went to mount the fuel level sender supplied by marlin,it has 5 holes and the tank has six,wwhat did you do re this?cheers jeremy
thanks for that,did you use self tappers for you brackets?if so what type.Just went to mount the fuel level sender supplied by marlin,it has 5 holes and the tank has six,wwhat did you do re this?cheers jeremy
24 Oct 2006, 11:03am
Our Marlin supplied tank didn't have any holes, we did that ourselves:
http://www.msportster.co.uk/detail.asp?cat=7&offset=180
Needed a load of gasket sealer to stop it leaking. Nice and solid now though!
Some of the other builder have used much more elegant solutions. Have a look through some of the other build sites
http://www.msportster.co.uk/detail.asp?cat=7&offset=180
Needed a load of gasket sealer to stop it leaking. Nice and solid now though!
Some of the other builder have used much more elegant solutions. Have a look through some of the other build sites
24 Oct 2006, 6:47pm
The spot light brackets are mounted with normal countersunk bolts.
The holes in the chassis were drilled then taped. See news item on the 28/07/2006 http://www.msportster.co.uk/index.asp?offset=10
The holes in the chassis were drilled then taped. See news item on the 28/07/2006 http://www.msportster.co.uk/index.asp?offset=10
24 Oct 2006, 9:02pm
Our thoughts on bolt vs weld is that the bumpers primary function is as a collapsible element should you have an accident. If its only bolted then the theory goes the bolt snaps and bumper is pushed into the chassis absorbing some of the impact energy.
If you weld it its much more solid so more energy is transferred in the rest of chassis causing more damage.
That is my uneducated theory though.
If you weld it its much more solid so more energy is transferred in the rest of chassis causing more damage.
That is my uneducated theory though.
24 Oct 2006, 9:21pm
bumpers
Thanks guys, I had been thinking about crash impact earlier and had thought along the same lines;bolts it is!
Thanks guys, I had been thinking about crash impact earlier and had thought along the same lines;bolts it is!