[200q20v] Re:Strut Brace Details

[Peter Schulz]

At 10:32 PM 3/8/2001 -0500, C1J1Miller at aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 3/8/01 7:14:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>b.m.benz at prodigy.net writes:
>
> > Why not just slop body undercoating on it to damp the resonant vibrations?
> >  >
>
>As I recall, someone on the 20v list a year or so ago was injecting silicon
>or other caulk to their strut bar to reduce just that...
>Chris
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Found the following messages from Rick Zehr on the old 20v boldfish server....

Date:
                              Wed, 19 May 1999 18:47 EDT
                       Author:
                              rzehr at pacbell.net
                       Subject:
                              Jamex front strut brace mounting



                       I suggest using epoxy to fill the spaces between the 
flat brace mount
                       and the curved wheel-well top, i.e. glue it down 
solid when you mount
                       it, to spread the stresses on the wheel-well top. If 
you are Really
                       fanatical about it, weld it in place, although 
welding to the sheet
                       metal there carries some risk...

                       Regards,
                       Rick Zehr




                         Date:
                              Mon, 29 Mar 1999 19:39 EST
                       Author:
                              rzehr at pacbell.net
                       Subject:
                              front brace installation



                       I doubt that you will have to move anything to 
install the front brace,
                       as there is quite a bit of adjustability in the bar, 
due to the ends and
                       bends. This may vary by car, due to routing of 
various lines, etc.

                       The one bit of advice I can give is to screw in the 
end-pieces all the
                       way and take up all of the play with the center 
"turn-buckle"
                       adjustment. If doing over it, I'd also set the tower 
brackets in with
                       some epoxy putty for strength.

                       In my quest for vibration damping, I took an old 
bicycle inner tube and
                       stretched it over the entire alum. bar, except for 
the center adjuster -
                       didn't do much, but I like the cosmetics better than 
the bright
                       aluminum. You might consider filling the bars with 
caulk for damping
                       (after getting everything adjusted in place), which 
did help a small
                       bit.

                       Also, don't be surprised when you get the brace - 
the pieces that bolt
                       to the towers were sprayed orange...

                       Regards,
                       Rick Zehr


Peter Schulz
1990 CQ
1991 200 20v TQW
Chelmsford, MA USA
peschulz at cisco.com