Rose Jointed Drop Links?

[EdCherry 34 1 Cars]

I can make and supply a limited number, I guess I would have to finish my brackets and finish fitting them up on mine first! Got enough material for another 4 sets in stock I think?

[BlueBolt 156]

Yeah, I just made a half clevis like that to allow use of the 306 ones I do:

 

 

 

double shear would be better but tbh single is fine for the loads involved.

 

How much are these from you for a 205 fitment?? I'm liking the blue!!!!!

[Rippthrough 98]

Unfortunately until get my new lathe stripped/inspected and back up and running I can't do any for a while. They run oversized (forged 7075 T6 aluminium, can't be adding extra weight now can we?) joint bodies with a small bore but large ball diameter too so they last far longer.

[BlueBolt 156]

get it done then!! lol

[tri_longer 25]

Back to Cameron then

[BlueBolt 156]

Would appear so....

 

Or EdCherry...??

How much can you do these for??

Edited May 24, 2012 by BlueBolt

[BlueBolt 156]

Back to Cameron then

 

Cameron

How long would you suspect it likely for you to make these up? Looked at mine last night and need to get something in place quite soon....

[Cameron 16]

Not long at all, it'd just be a matter of sending a design to my CNC friends. Once they're kicked off the turn-around is usually under a week.

 

It would be nice to get a batch of at least 10 done, the set-up costs are high so the component price reduces quite a lot as the quantity goes up.

 

What's people's preference for materials? I can either go for hollow steel or solid aluminium like the ones above - weights would be very similar but ally you can get anodised all sorts of fancy colours, steel would need powder coating.

[BlueBolt 156]

I like the look f the blue!! I know it's completely non dofferencial, but if I'm buying a piece of useful bling I want it matched to my car colour lol

 

What do you think the cost will be total?? I'll buy more than one set and eBay the others if you need to make up numbers, depending on cost that is.....

A week turn around is pretty good, I can live with mine the way they are if the turn around is going to be rapid.

 

[Cameron 16]

Well.. If it's a go'er then I'd say from today to having parts ready could take something like 4 weeks in total, depending on who I can find to anodise them. The loads are low so they won't need any extensive testing. I'd like to have a few people in on it - say 5 sets as a minimum - as it makes the CNC-ing much more cost effective, if we get the cost of that down the price of the finished parts will come down too.

 

Let's get a list going, if you put your username and preferred colour down:

 

1 - Cameron (1 set - blue colour)

2 -

[BlueBolt 156]

1 - Cameron (1 set - blue colour)

2 - BlueBolt (1 set - blue)

[tri_longer 25]

1 - Cameron (1 set - blue colour)

2 - BlueBolt (1 set - blue)

3 - tri_longer (1 set - easy on colour, whatever everyone else is having)

Edited May 27, 2012 by tri_longer

[Alan_M 66 1 Cars]

1 - Cameron (1 set - blue colour)

2 - BlueBolt (1 set - blue)

3 - tri_longer (1 set - easy on colour, whatever everyone else is having)

4 - Alan_M (1 set - blue colour)

[BlueBolt 156]

1 - Cameron (1 set - blue colour)

2 - BlueBolt (1 set - blue) +1 for A mate as long as they don't come in at over £50.... Standard alloy colour

3 - tri_longer (1 set - easy on colour, whatever everyone else is having)

4 - Alan_M (1 set - blue colour)

 

Edited May 27, 2012 by BlueBolt

[EdCherry 34 1 Cars]

Cheaper than £50? you can barely get the rose joints for less than that!

[BlueBolt 156]

Cheaper than £50? you can barely get the rose joints for less than that!

 

Yea that's what I thought... But my mate is tight lol

[Rippthrough 98]

I drilled the centres through on mine to save a few extra grams

[BlueBolt 156]

What, full grams?? Or actually milligrams... Lol

[Cameron 16]

I won't drill the centres, I'll just taper the outside - far easier / cheaper!

 

The joints, boots, jam nuts and spacers sourced through Demon Tweeks would be £52, just to give you an idea of cost. That's for Aurora bearings who are the daddies, and from what I can see are the same ones that Spoox supply on their 306 links. It comes down to machining and anodising costs after that, but I expect you'd be looking at around the £100 mark for a set.

 

Costs can be reduced in the rod ends, but going too cheap will be false economy.

[BlueBolt 156]

I'm good with that!! Thanks for the heads up ball park figure

[Cameron 16]

I'll get a more accurate price once I have machining quotes.

[BlueBolt 156]

I'll get a more accurate price once I have machining quotes.

 

Any updates on these for us yet boss?? My drop links need sorting last week lol

[welshpug 1,655]

I won't drill the centres, I'll just taper the outside - far easier / cheaper!

 

and much more sense on a 205 given how close they run to the damper clamp bolts, the original droplinks were tapered like that.

[Alan_M 66 1 Cars]

Any news on these?

 

[Cameron 16]

Sorry been a bit busy! I've dug the joints out (they're sat on my desk) but not got any further than that. It's on my long list of things to do.