nosecone + top plate mod.

[Dave Dodd]

after a couple of chassis breakages around nose of the x2c, i decided to do this to see if it stop the breakages lol...





changed the 2 screws for 1 screw with a washer and nut

[minke]

nice mod, may try that one

[wes j.]

I hope the screw on the bottom is counter sunk mate. Max will have a fit if it aint .

[fearo]

Ha, so funny! I did the exact same thing yesterday.
For some reason I can't explain, the inner part of the tube that normally holds these 2 screws has broken off in my car.

I'm baffled as to how this can happen. On the outside there's nothing to be seen, but on the inside it's broken?

[Robbiejuk]

Originally Posted by fearo

Ha, so funny! I did the exact same thing yesterday.
For some reason I can't explain, the inner part of the tube that normally holds these 2 screws has broken off in my car.

I'm baffled as to how this can happen. On the outside there's nothing to be seen, but on the inside it's broken?

Me and Dave were talking about this on sunday after i had taken a chunk out my chassis (Well it was a head on collision with an X6 and I wasn't the one going the wrong way round the track! )

We reckon the screws that go through the top plate into the chassis are too short, so in a collision they just rip out the side. I ran all day with a slightly cracked chassis and a longer screw through the top plate into what was left of that part of the chassis and it was fine.

What dave has done is essentially used a longer screw to create a strengthening bar all the way through. We will see if it survives in the capabable hands Demolition man ash tonight!!

[JezT]

I did a similar thing with mine n Maxs; I used longer screws from the bottom then measured how much depth I had from the top and used screws just short of this length from the top; In essence what I have is these 2 screws meeting in the middle.

I'm not sure how effective this is, as at about the same time I made and fitted our 2mm alloy plate underneath (seen on another thread)

[budgio]

Has anyone broken a Stick pack chassis or is it just the saddle pack chassis that are breaking?

[fearo]

Mine is a stick pack.

The annoying thing is, when the chassis broke I didn't notice anything, but then suddenly a few laps later my car wouldn't turn anymore. Because the screw had come loose, the top part of the nose was loose also, and before I knew it, two of the steering bearings were gone on one side...

[soane]

The only problem I can see with this is that you're moving the stress point somewhere else.