Got a pair of the last (eek!) two lower control arms made by BL for a Dolomite here......
UKC1698, grey dotted lines around it, on the right.
Now, whilst the castings seem OK obviously something has been skewed at some point - as the mounting holes are drilled off-centre from their bosses. I've checked the geometry and all the holes are in the right place, just offset slightly.
This leads to the following problem - one is acceptable but the other is not so hot - the problem is that the holes are supposed to be concentric with their bosses' outer diameter - for maximum strength.
However, they're offset by about a millimeter, making one side of the mount considerably thinner.
A bit like:
(---O-)
Instead of:
(--O--)
Overexaggerated but I'm sure you see it...
(this being the bit that the lower end bolt of the upright slides into)
Am I being horrendously picky, or is it actually a danger - it looks wrong and strikes me as the kind of thing that might fatigue if you hit it hard enough....
Personally I don't like it as mentioned, it looks wrong and is wrong - but I thought I'd ask for opinions
Wouldn't want it to be responsible for killing someone, would rather scrap it......
I do have some pictures but can't upload them at the moment......Left the damn cable at home!
UKC1698, grey dotted lines around it, on the right.
Now, whilst the castings seem OK obviously something has been skewed at some point - as the mounting holes are drilled off-centre from their bosses. I've checked the geometry and all the holes are in the right place, just offset slightly.
This leads to the following problem - one is acceptable but the other is not so hot - the problem is that the holes are supposed to be concentric with their bosses' outer diameter - for maximum strength.
However, they're offset by about a millimeter, making one side of the mount considerably thinner.
A bit like:
(---O-)
Instead of:
(--O--)
Overexaggerated but I'm sure you see it...
(this being the bit that the lower end bolt of the upright slides into)
Am I being horrendously picky, or is it actually a danger - it looks wrong and strikes me as the kind of thing that might fatigue if you hit it hard enough....
Personally I don't like it as mentioned, it looks wrong and is wrong - but I thought I'd ask for opinions
Wouldn't want it to be responsible for killing someone, would rather scrap it......
I do have some pictures but can't upload them at the moment......Left the damn cable at home!
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