| Make a one-ton knuckle with the same mounting points as OEM [message #369412] |
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RF_Burns
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Registered: June 2008
Location: S. Ontario, Canada
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One of the issues with the one-ton conversion is the one-ton knuckle's upper ball joint mount is 2" higher than the OEM knuckle. This causes a camber change with front end up/down motion. Some find this disconcerting, but since I don't drive my coach like a rally car I don't notice it or at least it doesn't bother me.
For those purists, here are a couple of YouTube videos of guys making their own knuckles so they can design them any way they want. The first guy has his pieces cut out by an on-line lazer cutting company. His channel called SuperfastMatt is pretty good. He uses a lot of scanning/3D technology to put a Tesla drive train into a 1950 Jaguar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtH9C0yxo2I
This second guy is more back-yard mechanic type. I haven't followed him, so I don't know how he came up with the downloadable files to make his. I'm sure he shows how in his earlier videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhbFEoPSf20
I'm not doing this, but just thought it was interesting how they did it. By scanning the OEM and One-ton knuckles, one could come up with a hybrid knuckle. Getting it cast and milled would likely be very expensive for one-off copies. I'm not sure at what quantity it would become economical.
Bruce Hislop
ON Canada
77PB, 455 Dick P. rebuilt, DynamicEFI EBL EFI & ESC.
1 ton front end
http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=29001
My Staff says I never listen to them, or something like that
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