Can you guess what this is for? ( Made my own adjustable strut rods and ....)

[brads70]

Do you mind sharing what you started with to create this?

It started when I bought the Energy suspension strut rod bushings. They have a different shape that what came off the car?  I used my lathe to make the first piece, that had the same angle as the new bushings. Just a glorified washer with the bushing angle on it so it would help locate the bushing. Then I machined/welded the plates on the sides and the 1/4" keystock, milled the slot in the center to hold the 5/8" bolt and then welded on the ends.
I REALLY wanted the strut rod to be mounted in rubber/poly like stock and wanted it to be adjustable, no one made such a part, so.....

[HP2]

Veeeerry nice! I wish I had someone like you in my neighborhood. Ohh the stuff we would be making...

[brads70]

Thanks! I made sway bar tabs today for the A-Body LCA's
Wish the garage had heat! BURRRR!

[Challenger III]

  Nice work! It's great to see some of the fabrication and imagination here!

[Aussie Challenger]

Very nice Brad, it is amazing what you can do with a lathe and a few machine tools, my son in-law has a lathe but it isn't set up yet, hopefully this year because of time. Maybe you might have to put a few on ebag and recover some costs.   

[brads70]

I had to scrap the gold part as it wouldn't "fit in the hole" here is the revised edition.





Stainless end washer I made that fits the bushings.

[72rallye]

     :Quality workmanship Brad,do you do most of your own work? You seem to enjoy it.

[dodj]

If you're not careful, you might end up running two businesses Brad.... Snowblowers in the winter, Custom Mopar suspension pieces in the spring and fall. Doing the car show circuit in the summer selling your creations.

[brads70]

:ylsuper:Quality workmanship Brad,do you do most of your own work? You seem to enjoy it.

Thanks, ya I do most of my own work. I don't have huge budgets but I'm lucky to have the tools/equipment to experiment with.

[brads70]

If you're not careful, you might end up running two businesses Brad.... Snowblowers in the winter, Custom Mopar suspension pieces in the spring and fall. Doing the car show circuit in the summer selling your creations.

  Sounds fun, but in spring/summer I service/repair lawn mowers,lawn tractors etc... winter is usually the slower time.
I thought about making these and selling them but I'm concerned about the liability issue? Liability aside I'd be just sick to my stomach if something ever happened to damage someones car or worse injure someone?
I have built tons of parts for the circle track crowd and never had anything fail, but that's somewhat different ...off road and tons of safety gear and all racing stuff has NO warranty? I enjoy using my brains as I never have had much of a budget to work with. I could never compete with budgets just in idea's. As a mold maker I often had engineers pissed off at me . The owner or foreman was usually say to just do it your way and we will make the drawings later.

[brads70]

Today was a beautiful day! It got up to 55 F today! The snow banks were melting, I had no customers lined up wife and kids gone!   I had the tunes cranked ( classic rock station) singing at the top of my lungs
( poor neighbours! ) and had a great day working away on projects! I just love days like this! I made my own tie rod adjusters for the C-Body 11/16 tie rods and finished up one LCA,  welded on the stiffening plate,sway bar tab I made ,paint and all!
Spring is coming boys! 
I got a question, what tie rod goes where? Left hand thread on the outside or inside?

[the_engineers]

Wow!  You do fantastic work!

[cudazappa]

You're going to need to make a rotisserie to show off your work!  All that nice stuff on the BOTTOM of the car!  While your setup, probably should make twice as much so you have display pieces...

[brads70]

You're going to need to make a rotisserie to show off your work!  All that nice stuff on the BOTTOM of the car!  While your setup, probably should make twice as much so you have display pieces...

LOL I have a few people asking when are you gonna get it painted? I'm more concerned with how it drives/handles and brakes than how the paint looks!( The paint is a 20 footer) Someday I'll get around to getting it painted ( couple years maybe?)

[shadango]

Sounds fun, but in spring/summer I service/repair lawn mowers,lawn tractors etc... winter is usually the slower time.
I thought about making these and selling them but I'm concerned about the liability issue? Liability aside I'd be just sick to my stomach if something ever happened to damage someones car or worse injure someone?

Your're right.....but then again, I wonder what it costs to have an engineer look at and "certify" something like this?

You could always patent your version and maybe sell the idea/design to a company that has the backing to test/certify and then absorb any potential liability.

Thats really nice work......