Rear Clam Shell slam catches

[Randy Folsom]

Thought I'd ordered a set fro. Early falcon spares,got an email awaiting a prt,thanks Ryan for contacting them,all good,then email shipping at end of week,to sorry order cancelled refund pending,went with grand tourer.au instead!

They ripped me off as well. First sent the wrong part. They told me to ship it back and they would pay shipping. Never heard from them again.

 

[Ole Nylende]

For information; The zipped drawing + dxf that i posted some days ago is based on 3d scan of a tennant panels tub.
Dimensions has been verified against the correct slam lock and a repro bracket from one of the "vendors" out there.
As one can see from the photos posted there are a few variations on these brackets.

 

[Davidmgbv8]

Just picked up goodies from water jet and my catch fits well, will sand and bend tonight

 

[Paul Proefrock]

David,
Can you identify the latches that you are using? Are they the Mini latches mentioned earlier in the thread or something different?

Paul

 

[Davidmgbv8]

I folded my long edges before I used the dimple dies and then they would not fit! In reality holes should be 1/8th in smaller to get the dimple. Not sure if I will redo.

Not sure where the catches originated, I bought them from SGT with my chassis

 

[David mono]

How thick is the steel you used.

I folded my long edges before I used the dimple dies and then they would not fit! In reality holes should be 1/8th in smaller to get the dimple. Not sure if I will redo. View attachment 142893View attachment 142894Not sure where the catches originated, I bought them from SGT with my chassis

 

[Davidmgbv8]

How thick is the steel you used.

16 ga as my water jet guy didn’t have any 18 on hand

 

[David mono]

Wonder if you could use a piece of pipe on one side and your die on the other in a press.

 

[Davidmgbv8]

Wonder if you could use a piece of pipe on one side and your die on the other in a press.

Good thought will check the scrap bin tomorrow

 

[Davidmgbv8]

2nd try, had the hole cut to 2 1/8” dia and used my 2” dimple die. Original had a much tighter dimple.

 

[Ryan L]

Do we need to get some 3d printable dimple dies drawn up to match?

 

[David mono]

Try a steel hammer form with the edge radius you want, clamp together with a top plate and just tap it in.

 

[Davidmgbv8]

Looks like these are the dies needed seen as a Flat dimple did in some listings. For me not going to redo again, going to use my first brackets with no dimple

 

[Ole Nylende]

For info (and as you already noticed david) the two holes are not intended for dimple dies.
They are supposed to be fully flanged with an internal radii equal to the plate thickness.

In this case the tool could be a pipe with an id of 2,5" + 2x plate thickness, a small radius on top typ same as plate thickness
and then some suitable die.
All holes are flanged like this on a monocoque chassis, i have to make some proper tools in a number of different dimensions.

 

[Davidmgbv8]

Catches installed, need to make a plate to weld to roll bar to hold the upper tab