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Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Yummi on August 03, 2009, 07:35:24 PM
I think it is the same?

http://www.boltdepot.com/fastener-information/Materials-and-Grades/Bolt-Grade-Chart.aspx (http://www.boltdepot.com/fastener-information/Materials-and-Grades/Bolt-Grade-Chart.aspx)
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Doug Heim on August 03, 2009, 07:37:15 PM
It certianly appears so!

Thanks Yummi!
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: trojan on August 03, 2009, 08:20:05 PM
Being a banana bender, but having married a sandgroper and created another four, I think I'm somewhat offended by that statement!

I'm sorry (for you), I can't see why.... I asked a simple question and all I get is pissy juvenile responses... OOOOO it's a big secret.....
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Yummi on August 03, 2009, 08:37:59 PM
Can somebody tell us septics what a banana bender and a sand groper is?  In context please? 
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: trojan on August 03, 2009, 09:08:28 PM
Banana bender is a Queenslander. Someone from Queensland - an Australian state.
Sand groper is a West Australian. Someone from West Australia - another Australian state.
Australia is a country on the other side of the world.

I find it amazing how offended people get about things they don't understand?
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: fabr on August 03, 2009, 09:13:19 PM
Is it SOOOOOOO hard to understand that we don't understand your slang and MAYBE it would be good manners to fill us peons in on WTF you're saying?  LOL!!!!!
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: fabr on August 03, 2009, 09:14:13 PM
And that MAYBE that is why some people get pissed at you?
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: trojan on August 03, 2009, 09:20:21 PM
you mean they get pissed about things they don't understand? Simply because they don't understand them?
Can you tell me what it says in the dictionary about that ;D
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Pacman on August 03, 2009, 10:11:25 PM
 ::) ::) ::)
I log on and see that this thread is at the top....cool....some more pics maybe? Some video? No, it's the same old jackass's thread jacking the thread with their crap.....
 :ftpbs
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Yummi on August 03, 2009, 10:18:29 PM
Pacman - you miss a dose?






















Calling nurse Ratchet.......
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Camel on August 03, 2009, 11:02:28 PM
I'm sorry (for you), I can't see why.... I asked a simple question and all I get is pissy juvenile responses... OOOOO it's a big secret.....

WTF!  What fxxken secret?  The cush drive?  I haven't seen it.  So fxxk off you fxxken mexican. :'(  I bet you wear a cockroaches top to bed everynight instead of proper jarmies (flannos).
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: trojan on August 03, 2009, 11:07:19 PM
how did you work out your trailing links (c'mon, you knew that was coming ;D) as they don't seem to attach at the points Camel illustrated.
Cheers!

That question.... You both know what I'm asking, are you just being argumentative?
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Camel on August 03, 2009, 11:14:25 PM
That question.... You both know what I'm asking, are you just being argumentative?

ME!  Argumentative?  What leads you to think that.........?

No, seriously, like I said somewhere else.  I haven't seen the buggy for a long long time.  I don't know anything about the cush drive or the trailing links.

That being said, I acknowledge the problem Doug is suffering with.  It happened on the first day we took Ray's buggy out.  You know what the solution appears to be? 

Are you sitting down?

They are welding the sprocket to the hub.

I kid you not.

Personally, I'm thinking urethane, or if i go with the diff locker/planetary gearset arrangement, the cush drive from a clutch backing plate.

I hope you continue to have a pleasant day! :-*
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: trojan on August 03, 2009, 11:16:32 PM
Here's a mental picture for you - just coz you asked:

I sleep NUDE :-*


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Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Buggybaz on August 03, 2009, 11:45:37 PM
NUDE!...Now ya just Teasin' T! ???
I also need to know in what position AND Local. :-\
Now if it's on the Dune AND doin' the Downward Dog!!! :o ;D Any pics? ;)
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: trojan on August 03, 2009, 11:48:43 PM
Eeewwwww.... ok that one back fired :P


I log on and see that this thread is at the top....cool....some more pics maybe? Some video? No, it's the same old jackass's thread jacking the thread with their crap.....

Yeah I know what you mean, I had to resort to browsing your build thread instead ;)
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Fineline on August 04, 2009, 01:31:41 AM
Would the cush drive help eliminate shearing off every single bolt holding the sprocket to the central drive hub? Im begining to think that the flat head bolts cant take the load. I sheared them all off this past weekend.

Doug you are probably four steps ahead of this all ready but I will try to help from what happened to me
The countersink in the sprocket is a different angle to the flat head bolts
So when they are tight the contact patch is not even one third of the bolt head area no matter how tight you do them up.
Probably why you snapped them off and ours actually come loose coz you make your own exact
Making a bigger hub with bigger and more bolts to bolt the sprocket to I think will be the solution

That being said, I acknowledge the problem Doug is suffering with.  It happened on the first day we took Ray's buggy out.  You know what the solution appears to be? 
Are you sitting down?
They are welding the sprocket to the hub.
I kid you not.

Yep might not be the whiz bang engineering solution that every ones hoping to hear but I assure you that it works
Every barracuda that I know of has had the same problem with the sprocket coming loose
Edge put roll pins through the head of the bolt into the sprocket now to stop it but I have my doubts as to that solving the problem either
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Doug Heim on August 04, 2009, 08:19:27 AM
Welding... Thas a BS way to fix it. Roll pins? Im aware of this method and how the hell do you get them out. Thats BS too as it still dont fix it, my bolts did not come loose. Fix it the right way! Sounds like a bad design to me. Ill be changing it and already have requests to supply upgrades. That will be soon to come. I also fixed the racks by making complete new ones with a totally different design. Itd a direct REPLACMENT of the XRV Rack. NOT a copy!
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Doug Heim on August 04, 2009, 10:21:59 AM
OK I just learned somthing. I take back the possibilty of my bolts being loose. It is very possible without even knowing. I still need to tear the cartridge down to inspect it.

What I just learned is that metric flat head hardware is 90* and NOT 82*. This can make a huge difference in the way the bolt heads seat in the countersink. I am ordering a 90* countersink 1" diameter today. To go the extra step I am also going to fixture the bolts in the lathe and re establish that the 90* is a perfect machined finish surface.

Not knowing the difference in the degrees, I countersunk the sprockets at 82*, I think this will fix it.

I also made a few drive hubs withe the orientation offset to get a nut on the backside. Booyah!  8)

All in all it took over a year to fail and alot of hard riding.
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: fabr on August 04, 2009, 10:46:38 AM
I think you're going to find that the countersunk area is not very concentric with the threads. If it were me I'd redesign if possible and avoid their use. My first drive used the CS bolts and even though they never loosened it was impossible to torque to proper value. I was using 7/16" torx drive CS flat head cap screws.
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Doug Heim on August 04, 2009, 11:08:34 AM
I think you're going to find that the countersunk area is not very concentric with the threads. If it were me I'd redesign if possible and avoid their use. My first drive used the CS bolts and even though they never loosened it was impossible to torque to proper value. I was using 7/16" torx drive CS flat head cap screws.

The re machining of the backside of the heads will make it concentric with the thread. I do agree maybe redesign it, but Im also trying to help others with the info I have and fix it rather simplified for those without resources. Im going to try it for my own education.
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Rick S. on August 04, 2009, 11:26:52 AM
OMG, You're just realizing that a metric flathead is 90 degree.
I thought every machinist knew this sort of thing.
How many have you made at 82?
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Wyattboche on August 04, 2009, 12:16:23 PM
OK I just learned somthing. I take back the possibilty of my bolts being loose. It is very possible without even knowing. I still need to tear the cartridge down to inspect it.

What I just learned is that metric flat head hardware is 90* and NOT 82*. This can make a huge difference in the way the bolt heads seat in the countersink. I am ordering a 90* countersink 1" diameter today. To go the extra step I am also going to fixture the bolts in the lathe and re establish that the 90* is a perfect machined finish surface.

Not knowing the difference in the degrees, I countersunk the sprockets at 82*, I think this will fix it.

I also made a few drive hubs withe the orientation offset to get a nut on the backside. Booyah!  8)

All in all it took over a year to fail and alot of hard riding.

Thats why your the cuda master, not GOD. lol ;) :o
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: fabr on August 04, 2009, 01:03:31 PM
The re machining of the backside of the heads will make it concentric with the thread. I do agree maybe redesign it, but Im also trying to help others with the info I have and fix it rather simplified for those without resources. Im going to try it for my own education.
Actually my concern is more that if remachined there MAY? be an issue with the heat treat and the depth being eneven? I don't know other than that a bolt is not just a piece of metal. Grain flow and such . I mean bolts have rolled threads for that reason and I'm a bit concerned with the area where the CS meets the threaded portion. Maybe I'm just a worry wart too tho.
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Boostinjdm on August 04, 2009, 04:35:25 PM
Since this thread has been sidetracked....suppose somebody could post up a pic of the sprocket/hub set up that is shearing bolts so at least the rest of us know what you are talking about?
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Doug Heim on August 04, 2009, 07:35:01 PM
OMG, You're just realizing that a metric flathead is 90 degree.
I thought every machinist knew this sort of thing.
How many have you made at 82?

Yes Rick, Not everyone knows everything like you do!
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Doug Heim on August 04, 2009, 07:43:23 PM
How many have you made at 82?

I have made 5 at 82* 2 for me and 3 for others, The parties (except one but will be) have already been contacted and offered replacment sprockets with shipping covered by me.
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: fabr on August 04, 2009, 08:04:56 PM
There you go.Honest mistake being taken care of properly. Good to hear.
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Doug Heim on August 04, 2009, 09:44:49 PM
That's how I roll!  8) Lance W will be getting a new sprocket and so will Troy and John (you guys know who you are)

Master on your concerns I do believe that with the tooling at my disposal I am fortunate enough to be able to cut these properly. I actually do this to flat heads for my fastener supplier as a side job. They send me 1000s of SS Flat head bolts to have the taper machined down. Not for the eccentric reason, but instead to sharpen the diameter edge for one of there food company hardware customers. I'm actually doing that job now so Ill take some pics on how I do it.

If you want to move this due to being off topic feel free. Ill post a video of my failed cartridge. The real issue to keep in mind here is this... It took over a year for it to fail, It was an easy fix at the dunes (having the extra parts), only parts to be scrapped are the bolts, and now it is being addressed. Most of all I can admit when I don't know something or when I'm wrong and like to share the info to educate others. As a machinist I work off of prints more than anything. All prints have always called out the countersink type (degree), depth, size, etc.  The Plans do not call out the degrees so not knowing that metric was different, I did what I knew to be common in my industry. Just like Jet pointed out that I needed to use grade 12.8 or whatever. In Imperial the 12.8 is Grade 8's equivalent. Have you ever seen how thick a machinist hand book is. The machinist hand books still do not contain everything either as we just needed to purchase some other info on DIN undercuts for relieving corners on shafts in the paper industry. No one can possibly have an entire machinist hand book memorised.
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: trojan on August 04, 2009, 11:45:17 PM
Have you ever seen how thick a machinist hand book is. The machinist hand books still do not contain everything either as we just needed to purchase some other info on DIN undercuts for relieving corners on shafts in the paper industry. No one can possibly have an entire machinist hand book memorised.

maybe that the difference between a good one and one that just insists he's good?

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Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: Fineline on August 05, 2009, 02:38:06 AM
Welding... Thas a BS way to fix it.

Without the knowledge and recourses that you have it is what is being done at no cost

my bolts did not come loose.

You might want to re read what I said in the originall post
I never said yours came loose. Did I ? ....

OK I just learned somthing. I take back the possibilty of my bolts being loose. It is very possible without even knowing. I still need to tear the cartridge down to inspect it.

What I just learned is that metric flat head hardware is 90* and NOT 82*. This can make a huge difference in the way the bolt heads seat in the countersink. I am ordering a 90* countersink 1" diameter today. To go the extra step I am also going to fixture the bolts in the lathe and re establish that the 90* is a perfect machined finish surface.

Not knowing the difference in the degrees, I countersunk the sprockets at 82*, I think this will fix it.


Gee and I wonder how now you may even be aware that could of been the problem ?
You realy know how to make freinds dont ya !!!

I will keep my lame comments to myself rather that get shot down
Thought that was what you were looking for others who have the same problem
If you remrmber I did E mail you ( before you shat on yourself at edge ) regarding how your drive hub was going and you hadnt even had used a CV rear end....
But you obviously know best good luck to ya...
Title: Cush drive Bolts?
Post by: SPEC on August 05, 2009, 06:05:23 AM
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