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ARC FREAKS
littlepow:
Could try a droop kit. http://safarigard.com/catalog/sg_droopkit_2410486.htm
Stormin:
Don't know if this will help. Dealing with ARC, most likely not. I didn't have dislocation cones fitted on my hybrid untill later. I fitted 3 strips of steel going down inside the spring. Worked like a cone, but isn't a cone. :wink:
Henry Webster:
My guess is that you are a bit stuck really; rules are rules, and if there is a no cones rule with ALRC events then that is that.
Its a shame, I don't see why they shouldn't be allowed in modified classes, but they have to draw the line somewhere.
I race a full bodied discovery which is fairly standard, but it will not pass ALRC scrutineering, largely because they are not what it was built for, even when you can race a coil sprung series 1! :wink:
In terms of what to do - I use jubilee clips but not as a travel limiting device, just to stop the springs from jumping out. I think that you might need to think about check straps.
It might be worth speaking to someone like Dave Marsh at QT to see how they get around this rule.
H
Devon-Rover:
Yes as above the the ALRC have a no cones rule. But then you must look on the side of the committie and think that it is giving an unfair advantage.
We at C&D mainly use jublie clips. Note plural as one is liable to break so maybe two / three is a good optimum. Some use exhaust clamps to hold their springs in but i have even known these to break. I have known a srpring retainer on the bottom of an axle bend so allowing a spring to pop out, but never have i know a case where it has taken the mount off the axle, there must have been a weakned point so to case such a falier.
drmike:
The real answer is to go trialling with a more sensible club.
I fell foul of ARC regs and just couldn't believe their petty minded rivet counting mentality. It's not my idea of fun.
Mike
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