Black & Tan 332iT

[Bry5on]

Okay, now we're talking. This should work with milled down e39 bushings inserted into the knuckles. The nice thing about that approach is that I don't need to cut or ream a taper myself, just turn or mill the factory e39 bushings.

What remains to be seen is whether the rubber boot can compress an extra millimeter more than stock and, if there is enough thread engagement, if I can increase the depth of the press-in bushing to drop the load on the bottom edge of the knuckle a little bit. As you can see, I've got a safety factor of 2 everywhere, but would really like something around 3 everywhere

[Obioban]

After an iteration of carboard engineering, to borrow a term from Heinz, I designed a three bracket system, laser cut it and bolted it to the transmission.

No no no. You used CAD-- cardboard aided design.

Just installed this bracket. Thanks!

[Bry5on]

No no no. You used CAD-- cardboard aided design.

Just installed this bracket. Thanks!

I should probably do this next project with said CAD..

So instead of working on any of the projects I've already got in flight, I decided to jump into CAD land to work on a simpler one. Making the touring chassis even more rigid! Still need to design the clevis mounts but this will bolt in using factory mounting points for the seat latches and the gear lashing hooks. Both things that should be able to take some decent loads.

I'm also not set on sheet metal because it would need something to stiffen it up, but it's a start.