Dan295
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after chatting to ed seems people have welded up the elongated bit which to me sounds a brilliant plan, im after some images or links of the said craftiwork please and i will drop the imo poorly designed fk's down to an engineering company, (didnt put it in help zone as its chat really so gtf).
Cheers felllaaaassss
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flybikeslee
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you're an elongated bit
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Jake
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what people have done that?
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Rob B
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Why would you weld it up ? Its there to give camber adjustment
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Colin
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Maybe welding them up stops them from falling apart 
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Dan295
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hah yeah, perhaps its my driving style or perhaps theyre crap, but whenever i hit a bump the alignment is altered and then i go back for laser alignment and it costs £65 a pop which is fine once or twice but every 3 months is getting annoying,
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Dan295
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quote:
Originally posted by Rob B
Why would you weld it up ? Its there to give camber adjustment
its not really adjustable, theres no way of fixing them its just a bodged way of having camber
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Daveskater
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Get some brand new bolts and do it up reet tight and see if that helps. If not/if you've already done that then may as well get them welded Can't think of anything else.
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Look at my pictures
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Graham88
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Thread lock?
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
Thread lock?
Bingo, or I was thinking a nylock nut or something similair.
But Dan, am I right in thinking if you don't do something like that you're going to weld your hub assembly to the front strut?
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Dan295
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thread lock and new bolts have been done, they have been tightened up with an air gun but as theres nothing to grip to they slip, Nah weld a plate in to make the elongated bit smaller so its normal bolt size just looking to see whos done it before an where they welded etc
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DaveyLC
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Bring them over mate I'll weld some washers over the holes for you 
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Dan295
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duuuuuude, i will drop you a text this weekend cheers
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Ian
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And use a proper wrench, air gun may not be tight enough.
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bubble
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dont use an air gun.
use a real wrench, did on mine, and mine were fine for 2 years.
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Ant
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mine never moved, and an air gun aint going to get them that tight!
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ali_corsa
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i used my metre long 1/2 inch breaker bar on them and i dont have a problem on my fk's at all
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andyc1234
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only problem you will have with welding them is you need th in exactly the right position before you weld the washer on or your fecked. could get them set up again leave the bottom bolt tight so they stay then put washers under the top bolt and then weld them on. should do the job ok
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Dan295
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myself and daveylc welded them today using the marks  cheers guys
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bubble
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quote:
Originally posted by Dan295
myself and daveylc welded them today using the marks cheers guys
absolute bodge job!
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Jake
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DaveB
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Had mine setup for 2years,never moved.
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Warren G
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mine used to alter camber mid corner - very dangous (camber bolts)
they were tight, but not tight enough, use a very big bar!
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Dan295
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quote:
Originally posted by bubblevaux
quote:
Originally posted by Dan295
myself and daveylc welded them today using the marks cheers guys
absolute bodge job!
im presuming youve seen them then? thats impressive, no its not we welded big washers onto the elongated hole to hold the bolt in place with 0.5 degrees camber, its now like a normal standard damper, oh that is bodge
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Dan295
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quote:
Originally posted by Warren G
mine used to alter camber mid corner - very dangous (camber bolts)
that was the problem yeah, oh well it cant happen again now theyre altered so they run with 0.5 degrees and cant move, which is a bodge apparently
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