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Sat, 05 June 2010 19:56  |
Charles Aulgur
Messages: 78
Registered: March 2006
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From: "george" <delve@rochester.rr.com>
I am interested in the new brake developments BUT
Have yet to see any vector analysis, or even scalar analysis.
Is there any?
Even with the cad drawings and verbage flooding us, there seems not
to be
any representation of what is going on back there with respect to
transfer
of forces, finite element analysis and proof of engineering.
Does it exist?
If so, where is it?
If not, why not?
I, for one would like to see someone analyze the loads/forces
involved with
proposed hardware mods as to its adequacy before I plunk down a few
[many]
GMC $$ units.
Does 'pig in a poke' apply?
George,
The production Cad drawings that Rick Flanagan developed or this
modification was stress analyzed by a very sophisticated computer
model and every piece was designed to have a large margin of safety,
Maybe Rick can send you a copy of the analysis and you can explain it
to the rest of us as I sure wouldn't know how to interrelate the
results. If any fault can be found in his design it would that it is
made a lot stronger then it should be. Go on Google and search for
"Less Bang For Your Buck" and you will fine the article I wrote for a
handout at the Auburn Rally. In there you will see a vector diagram
showing how you can calculate what percent of your braking energy
goes into slowing your GMC and what percent is totally wasted by the
swing arm suspension pushing vertically up and down on the bogie frame.
As Steve F. said "the proof of the pudding is where the rubber hits
the road". You won't believe anything people say about this mod
until you drive a GMC with the mod on it. I developed this
modification for myself and I enjoy sharing my improvements with
fellow GMCers and I don't give a "rates ass" if you don't want to
plunk you money down for this 'pig in a poke" or not.
Chuck Aulgur
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