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Grinding the coil bucket lip question
Does grinding down the coil bucket lip to get UCA clearance when using spacers affect the integrity or strength of the bucket? Anyone ever have a coil bucket fail or crater after taking the lip off? Thanks.
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05-12-2009, 09:01 PM
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Re: Grinding the coil bucket lip question
It's not a good idea... Some have done it... But it's NOT a good idea....
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05-12-2009, 09:07 PM
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Re: Grinding the coil bucket lip question
only one member that I know of has had the coil bucket fail and he runs his truck off road pretty hard. I ground the lip off of my coil buckets and ahven;t had any problems
Then again my truck doesn't go off road
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Re: Grinding the coil bucket lip question
I don't get it. Y wld taking off the lip make the coilbucket fail.
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Re: Grinding the coil bucket lip question
if you take material off it weakens the structure
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Re: Grinding the coil bucket lip question
It's rolled for strength. Take away the roll, overall, it will weaken the assembly. You may get lucky. You may not. It's only mechanics and metallurgy.....
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Re: Grinding the coil bucket lip question
The lip exists primarily because it's a stamped part.
Grinding it a bit for UCA clearance won't make any perceptible difference in strength.
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Re: Grinding the coil bucket lip question
Thats a good arguement.
I'd be scared to do it though I just deal with the banging till I get The money for UCA's At most I'd notch them where the UCA meets the KFC Buckets. |
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05-13-2009, 08:21 PM
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Re: Grinding the coil bucket lip question
you can always get a new lip welded to the inside of the coil bucket
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Re: Grinding the coil bucket lip question
well i already purchased the prg upper control arms and i would like to add a spacer ontop of my coilovers which would definatly make me need to grind down my coilbuckets. after looking at the coilbucket it just doesn't seem like grinding the lip off will really cause the whole thing to fail.
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Re: Grinding the coil bucket lip question
+1 for thinking that it is rolled for strength...
i dont think the coilbucket will fail EASILY without the lip...but i definitely think it adds strength, almost how dimple die/flaring works... thats how i see it anyway |
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Re: Grinding the coil bucket lip question
Thanks for the insight guys. I take it only twistedfreedom knows someone who has had a failure....?
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