Large scale leaf springs

[350TacoZilla]

Anyone know of a off the shelf set of leaf springs bigger than the normal tamiya\rc4wd stuff?

I have a large F350 so I wanted to do coil in front and leaf springs in back but want something bigger and heavier than what I'm finding.

ton of old projects I need to get started on again but kinda been out of the hunt for few years.

 

[Mike Flea]

Make your own: http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/large-scale-rigs/502928-new-project-me-8.html, post# 152

 

[Gula]

Make your own. I made mine from an retractable electric cord reel. But any spring steel should work. Cut metal to length/width then heat 1" of each end till a soft red glow then grab a set of needle nose pliers and roll the ends in.

 

[350TacoZilla]

Might have to give it a shot, just have to find something with nearly right material to start with. The rake might end up being cheapest option new I suppose.

 

[58_Willys]

For my 1/6 CJ-6, I used a starter recoil spring for a B&S engine. Didn't heat the ends, just rolled them around a screw driver shaft. If you want to drill them for screws in the middle, you should use good quality and new titanium nitride bits. A little grease or oil will help with the drilling. "thumbsup"

 

[350TacoZilla]

Thanks for the tip! I know drilling spring steel can be a huge pain. I had thought before about drilling different diameter holes in piece of steel and trying to punch holes out over top of it with my dads hydraulic press.

 

[Itali83]

The new beam style wiper blades for your car/truck work perfect. And they’re basically free once you replace your wipers.

Ben

 

[GEENNNOOOO]

Make your own: http://www.rccrawler.com/forum/large-scale-rigs/502928-new-project-me-8.html, post# 152

I tap on the link and don’t see post #152... they stop at 9


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[Phred]

Post 152 is on page 8 of the thread. You can go there by clicking on the page numbers at the top of the page. You are apparently being taken to page 1 when you click on the link. when I click on it it takes me to page 8.

 

[Mike Flea]

Post 152 is on page 8 of the thread. You can go there by clicking on the page numbers at the top of the page. You are apparently being taken to page 1 when you click on the link. when I click on it it takes me to page 8.

Same here"thumbsup"