Fat Cats Coming Unglued
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Chris D.
, 03-06-2011 12:46 PM
#1
Posted 03-06-2011 12:46 PM
Yikes, I've already had two of the bumpstops in my Fat Cat kit come unglued and now one of the upper spring perches has come off as well!
Has anyone devised a more permanent method of attaching these parts? It seemed a little goofy to me to be using Gorilla Glue in a race car suspension....for any suspension actually.
It makes me nervous to think what will happen if a spring happens to become unloaded in the midst of a turn and that upper perch doesn't quite pop back in the same spot.
Has anyone devised a more permanent method of attaching these parts? It seemed a little goofy to me to be using Gorilla Glue in a race car suspension....for any suspension actually.
It makes me nervous to think what will happen if a spring happens to become unloaded in the midst of a turn and that upper perch doesn't quite pop back in the same spot.
Chris Dilluvio
Farmington Hills, MI
#2
Posted 03-06-2011 06:22 PM
Mine too. Pull them off and apply more gorilla. I didn't bother to glue the bumpstops.
-Cy
Supported by LTD Racing
2011 + 2013 NER STU Champion
#3
Posted 03-06-2011 07:16 PM
Yikes, I've already had two of the bumpstops in my Fat Cat kit come unglued and now one of the upper spring perches has come off as well!
Has anyone devised a more permanent method of attaching these parts? It seemed a little goofy to me to be using Gorilla Glue in a race car suspension....for any suspension actually.
It makes me nervous to think what will happen if a spring happens to become unloaded in the midst of a turn and that upper perch doesn't quite pop back in the same spot.
I notice my right front came off too. I took a wire brunch on the end of a drill and cleaned off the old glue re glued it with Gorilla glue and I must not have kept enough pressure on it as it did not hold. so I bought some two part epoxy glue and re cleaned the surface and That did it. Solid now.
I have heard of guys drilling a hole into the mettal frame and using a tie wrap. I have not done that.
Frank
TnT Racing
SCCA Ohio Valley Region
#4
Posted 03-06-2011 08:29 PM
Little bitty zip ties...
I originally put them on to see if I was hitting the bump stops. I was, but apparently that's not such a bad thing. When you do hit the bump stops, it will push that little zip tie up and prevent the bump stop from sliding down the shock.
I originally put them on to see if I was hitting the bump stops. I was, but apparently that's not such a bad thing. When you do hit the bump stops, it will push that little zip tie up and prevent the bump stop from sliding down the shock.
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