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08-13-2022, 03:11 PM | #1 |
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Trick for rear tower bar
Since I have to remove and replace my rear tower bar to get my track wheels in my car, I came up with these to make the process just a little quicker.
I could only find 1/4 " ones that were long enough (3 1/4") so I sleeved them with some tubing. They' ll get tested next weekend. |
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This actually reminds me of people with WRX wagons back in the day with rear strut bars and the same issue. They did a similar thing, but the bolt they used there had that lever locking thing on it. No idea who made it and this was probably from over 10 years ago now.
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That doesn't look like a sound way to secure the bar (as opposed to a bolt). Does it still function well? Does it wiggle at all when moved by hand?
A rough guess at how much the strut towers might deflect is GrimmSpeed's front bar page which shows a displacement graph, up to 15 thousands of an inch and often less. |
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Bike wheel skewer would give at least a little clamping force.
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