Hey, ppl
- i just got out from under my car TRYING to install the left side blemco. rsb link...i thought ehh maybe i dont need to put this link in the same spot as the old stock link... so i drilled my holes, put the bolts in, over-tightend one and broke the head off of it!! GREAT GOOD JOB CHRIS !!.. so i just said " ahhh Fu*k it, ill get it welded on tomorrow. so i droped the car and went to see it the link would even reach the "L" braket that i just bolted up. did it reach?? NOPE of course not...

- just a question, will i have to worry about sparks melting the fuel filler tube? when im grinding the hell out of the old link fixture?
- and im just trying to think what other problems I'm going to make for my self...
-this is just an example of an ez job gone wrong and im ****ed, excuse my venting

 

I had mine installed yesterday and there were no problems grinding off the old links. There were ALLOT of sparks!

 

oohh great! im going to blow my car up .. i know it!

 

This is a very simple job but it requires proper prior planning to avoid poor performance. I recommend avoiding the easy route and doing it the right way the first time. In your case, it would probably be in your best interest to take it to a shop.

 

Didn't have a problem when Jeff was fixing his links. I still need to mount mine (my stock ones aren't broken either, lol).

Matt- If you read this what size drill bit would your recommend? Just save me the 2 minutes to match them up to the bolts and find one

 

NEVER!
i'll just weld it on tomorrow, but i need to find a grinder.. cuz there is no way i can get down to fresh metal with out one...

-ef shops they would probly charge me like 50 bucks or some other crazy price.

 

Cheezer you have a welder?

 

dude, I dunno how you're having so many problems with this stuff.. shoot me an email or give me a call or something and I'll talk you through it.

 

oh Lord...that sounds like something i'd wind up doing.

 

Shawn.. forgot to reply tot he drill bit size last night.. I'm pretty sure it's a 7/64" bit you need. those are 1/4" screws and if you ust anything smaller, the self-tappers won't cut the threads...
next ones I send out, I'll be using self-drilling and tapping screws to make life a little easier. they seem to be stronger, but I didn't have a problem with these so I assumed they'd be okay.

 

yeah its not your stuff at all (matt)... i just find a way to fu*k **** up every time... yes i have a welder, it's not a good one, but it gets the job done.. and its fun!
.. i should take pics of my other rsb link weld, i got soo much weld on.. mad happy about that
- its raining out today so i dont think ill be doing any car work.

 

grinding the old bracket off wasnt an issue for me..the problem was getting a decent angle on the front side of the new bracket (towards the front of the car). the MIG nozzle wouldnt reach, not enough room for TIG..so it was very very slow stick welding that got it in..we put wet towels and pieces of aluminum ppipe over the filler tube just to be safe.

just to make you feel better, when i welded my brackets on (i dont even have good links yet...) i slipped with a bad@$$ die grinder and nicked the rear brake line..that was an interesting drive home..2 hours of work (mostly playing around) later and all is well, even though i still havent installed the rear sway.

 

These forums are great. I should just print all of these stories up and give them to my wife when we she wants to know why it will be another couple of hours until I come in.

 

It's to the point now that when I'm working on a sat morning, my wife will come out and ask when I plan to finish.. "I'll be done in an hour or so.." her response is usually something about feeding me dinner under my car...

 

Piggie was able to weld them easy. Standard angle iron from Hope depot and a drill. Then weld them up. I've never broke the other parts of the rsb links *knock on wood* so I did it this way. If you have Matt's stuff, I'd grind the area down, mount the links then add two good weld beads on his angle iron.

 

jeff - "two GOOD WELD beads", hahah thoes words dont work togeather... silly, im going to take pics of my welds on the right link..
MadMax- yeah that sounds like me..but i wouldnt just end at nick'in the brake line..... the car would be a rolling fireball...
- yelowd, she wouldn't understand... u dont know how many times iv told someone to read a funny thread, after they do their not on the floor lol'ing.... but i am
matt- any employment openings at blemco.? (need a test dummy, that gets free parts to try?)

i think im going to ask my uncle to help, i think he has a body shop or somthin, but i never talk to him. he has to have grinder and a GOOD welder.

 

no one really seems to understand how i can spend an entire day(read: weekend) on my car, get tons of stuff done and not feel like i've accomplished anything because the car as a whole isnt finished..haha

 

My stepdad hates me now because I always steal his spot in the garage to work on my car, lol.

Today I'll be dropping the gas tank, yaaay! (and installing matts links, lol)

 

why on earth are you dropping the gas tank? i suppose thats why you're not answering IMs

 

dropping the tank? yaaay... I hope you've got a good reason for it..

 

PIC's of cheezer welds!!!
- but i must warn u.. there not pritty, and it was my first time.
hit up my site

 

Cute photochops.

 

lol... nahhh mad real turbo
i dont even know why i put that pic there

 

Here is a pic of the left RSB Link on my max:



I took more, but they came out really bad. I will take more later this week and post.

 

yay, pics
- how the hell is that so clean?
- where are the welds..?? lol
-i think u can tighten up ur sway a little more..mine is at 9 with lots of bushing grease...
- real question.. how many mega pixiels is ur digi cam.?

 

Proably because I just had it installed?

Uhh, no welds. Was told it wasn’t necessary.

I was thinking that too, but the person who put them is stopped there. Think they are at the 7th thread. I am going to pick up some more grease and go to work. There isn’t much there

the cam I used for this pic is 3.3, but I reduces the size of the pics to upload to cardomain so quality was lost. I am going to try and get some clear pics tonight.

Did the sway bar seem a little wide on your install?

 

wow.. big reply, all thoes "quotes"
-yes, the bar seemed really big, i thought i got the wrong kit at first cuz they gave me the wrong bolts.. i had to go out and buy others myself (addco got a nice e-mail about that) but from my experiences their known for mixing parts up.
-i know u didn't use welds .. duuuuuuu
-what do i ppl think of my welds?? the pic isnt that good i know.. cuz they welded areas are sprayed over and u really cant see the weld.
-WOW 3.3 thats nice, i have 3.1 it takes OK pics, i dont like.
- i asked a shop today if they can grind off that piece for me... the guy quoted me 20 bucks!!! thats the reason i dont go to stupid shops!.. how the ef am i going to get this part off.?

 

Honestly? Those welds look terrible! Worse than my attempt. But it's hard to weld upside down. Looks like you had the gun too far away.

 

I was just trying to answer your questions.

I paid $100 to get the RSB w/BlemCo link installed. Was that too much?

 

94max- i dunno, the rsb took me about an hour to install my self.
-jeff... terrible is an over-statement for thoes welds, but i bet the'll hold forever.. we cept getting burnt!.. i was upsidedown under the car and like 5 inches from the link in very cold weather..

 

If you PAID to have it installed, you paid too much!! This is a ~1hr install with hand tools and a drill!!

but if you don't have the tools and a place to install it, then yeah.. $100 is about right.


Cheezer, those welds.... ummm, to be honest, I've seen blind people do better than that. then again, it's a stick welder.. you're not going to get very good with a stick weld anyway- especially on stuff that small and hard to get to.

 

I just used my dremel with a reinforced cutoff wheel. Very easy to control and it was perfectly sized for the job.

 

Nice!, i need one of thoes anyways.. maybe i'll go out and buy one...

matt- blind ppl could do better hu?? (what kind of blind ppl do u know)? well this sounds like a challange!!!!!!!!

to be totaly honest with myself. i think the welds are great! the best iv ever seen! im going to frame it and sell it on ebay.