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Offline SIDEKICK65

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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #90 on: September 09, 2011, 11:06:42 PM »
Did you make or buy the  radius arm brackets on the front end.if you bought them were at ???

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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #91 on: September 10, 2011, 07:43:55 AM »
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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #92 on: September 21, 2011, 05:55:15 PM »
So after some serial abuse I managed to break one of my front radius arms in half and my rear locker decided to crap the bed. I'm not sure how DOM breaks like this but maybe someone has seen this type of break before. On the lighter side I did manage to dig up some video from last years campout with my son driving.
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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #93 on: September 21, 2011, 08:58:55 PM »
It looks like it ripped where it was flared out.
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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #94 on: September 22, 2011, 06:42:08 AM »
This break is in the middle of a length of tubing with no signs of an old crack ???
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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #95 on: September 22, 2011, 08:18:39 AM »
DOM isn't a special tubing, it is mild steel electrically welded and drawn
over a mandrel to remove the inner seam, but it isn't special voodoo proof
tubing, just heavy wall, and subject to fatigue and cracking like any other
tubing.

You may of had a stress flex spot there that worked it to it's breaking point,
it looks to have a good amount of corrosion both inside and out, so I wonder
how long has it been in service and not protected with a coat of paint?

Now if you had these made out of chromoly steel tubing, that stuff is more
or less voodoo proof and would probably hold up better, but requires special
welding techniques to stress relieve the weld site, not as user friendly as DOM

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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #96 on: September 22, 2011, 08:33:02 AM »
Some video, that was awesome video, I love that kind of wheeling.

Thanks for posting

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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #97 on: September 22, 2011, 05:02:00 PM »
These have approx 3500 kms on them since I built the truck or 2 years, I painted everything when I built it but not the inside. I'm sorry you had to suffer through that video but that's the only kind of wheeling we have around here >:D
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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #98 on: September 22, 2011, 07:16:18 PM »
For the inside you can get that creeping oil, you shoot it down inside to the
welded end and then weld the last part, it will creep around inside and help
prevent corrosion, you should be able to get it from air craft supply like Spruce
Aircraft Specialty

Oh, I enjoyed the vid, I would not of watched all 12 min if it was boring

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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #99 on: September 26, 2011, 12:20:32 PM »
isn't that weld spatter visiable in the second pic?
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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #100 on: September 27, 2011, 06:56:39 AM »
Might be a little from the upper link intersection which is farther forward
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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #101 on: September 27, 2011, 04:14:29 PM »
Great Vid, looks like a tricky section but serious fun. Oh, and Wild , it's more like 13 minutes  ;D
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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #102 on: September 30, 2011, 08:53:39 PM »
great looking cage. im hoping to get mine done over the winter but have mine open to use the back passenger doors.
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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #103 on: October 01, 2011, 06:13:54 AM »
Awesome bulks! Video?

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Re: Project Kickota
« Reply #104 on: October 01, 2011, 01:53:51 PM »
Great Vid, looks like a tricky section but serious fun. Oh, and Wild , it's more like 13 minutes  ;D

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