Europa TCST

[TurboFource]

My technical adviser (oldest son) says we are going to try printing the parts in carbon fiber reinforced nylon

I am trying to find any easy solution for those that may want to swap to tapered bearings and use easier to contain grease...like
most things on these cars there is not much room!

Wheel studs from Rimmer Bros showed up yesterday!

[Kendo]

What kind of printer do you have? Carbon fiber reinforced nylon?!? (Asking for a son)

[TurboFource]

Not sure…..it’s my son’s, I will ask him

[gideon]

This may be a bit nitpicky, but if the parts in question are in contact with the aluminum bearing housing then glass fiber nylon may be a safer choice than carbon fiber nylon.  It'll avoid any worries about galvanic corrosion.  Graphite is right at the top of the galvanic series, but glass is an electrical insulator.

[TurboFource]

  dang I guess I will paint the parts before assembly 

[GavinT]

I am trying to find any easy solution for those that may want to swap to tapered bearings and use easier to contain grease...like
most things on these cars there is not much room!

Yeah, that's a conundrum.
But not everyone has a 3D printer.
Ally would seem to be an ideal material for those seals (?) and a simple enough job, but then, not everyone has a lathe either.

[TurboFource]

Gavin if I had a lathe they would be aluminum!

A 3D printer is much cheaper and lighter !

Buying a lathe is one thing, getting it home and in the garage is another!

[TurboFource]

Not much this week with Christmas right around the corner!

Decided to make end link adjustable mounts double shear (still some finish work to do on them).... Hope to print new seal holders next week....

[Bryan Boyle]

Those upper ball joints...did you install the zerk or did they come that way?  Asking for my own info, since I'm going to be replacing mine and that looks like a good idea...

[TurboFource]

They came that way from RD Enterprises

[Bryan Boyle]

They came that way from RD Enterprises

Thanks!  I have some older ones that were still in the baggie from him (circa 09?) that didn't.  Guess he changed suppliers, which is a good thing having the zerk on the bearing.  One more thing to grease, but one more thing to last longer.

[TurboFource]

Finished my adjustable sway bar end link clamps.
Reduced front trailing arm bushing deflection by 20% by constraining them with a hose clamp!
Measured before and after with an extension and old front rotor for weight.

[BDA]

Really cleaver idea, Turbo! Cheap too! 

[GavinT]

Reduced front trailing arm bushing deflection by 20% by constraining them with a hose clamp!

Science. 

[TurboFource]

We were able to print carbon fiber reinforced nylon seal holders using a $200 Ender 3 V2 printer.
Made a cardboard enclosure, used a dehumidifier to get humidity down to 30% in the room and a heater to get it over 80 degrees, also used a filament heater.