Help on tubing

wontwork · May 28, 2009

I am having trouble finding link material.

What I am looking for is 1 3/4 by 3/8 wall. Running 1 1/4 heims and was gona thread the tube.

J.A.B · May 28, 2009

Where are you located

MattB · May 28, 2009

Have you tried onealsteel, I just got off the phone with them and they had good prices.

wontwork · May 28, 2009

J.A.B said:
Where are you located

Jasper, but can travel.

MattB said:
Have you tried onealsteel, I just got off the phone with them and they had good prices.

Did not have it. What are you goin with?

J.A.B · May 28, 2009

Try these guys...

Limestone Steel
13037 New Cut Rd
Athens, AL 35611
256-729-8303

MattB · May 28, 2009

2 inch 1/4 wall uppers and 2 1/4, 3/8 wall lowers. Going to pick it up in the morning skully

wontwork · May 28, 2009

Called the other O'neal and they have some already ordered, should be here in the Monday.

Looks like I will go get it then. :'(

caglezxj · May 28, 2009

J.A.B said:
Try these guys...

Limestone Steel
13037 New Cut Rd
Athens, AL 35611
256-729-8303

I use them for almost everything. Good prices and they normally have it in stock.

rock mafia · May 28, 2009

Damn, I thought they made steel in Bham :flipoff1:

I get everything from ryerson, but they don't like small orders.

http://www.ryerson.com/

Also, if your links are more than about 30" long, you may want to get something in 2".

blacksheep10 · May 28, 2009

at least the lower rears, at the least.

wontwork · May 28, 2009

rock mafia said:
Also, if your links are more than about 30" long, you may want to get something in 2".

I am gona make spare links with whatever is leftover. Its cheaper to buy 2 sticks of tube and put it on the shelf than by inserts and bigger tube. :****:

CheapJ7 · May 28, 2009

Prices from Oneil express

1.5x.25 wall $7.55/ft
2x3/8 wall $12.55/ft

BamaTJ · May 28, 2009

Have you priced solid 7075 Haley? Might come up about the same if you can find a good source for it, since you have all the tooling to drill and tap.

wontwork · May 28, 2009

Matt O. said:
Have you priced solid 7075 Haley? Might come up about the same if you can find a good source for it, since you have all the tooling to drill and tap.

Not really setup for drilling and tapping. Gona be able to tap it ;D,.

Cole · May 28, 2009

You go bigger than you think is ok. You don't want to have to worry about links when you're riding. I have seen your Dad drive before I think you should go 2.5" .500 wall. :flipoff1:

TwinStick · May 28, 2009

I did exactly what you are talking about. Tapped that same size tubing for those same joints. Mine a tweaked a little. If I had to do it over again, I'd to solid aluminum and drill/tap it. It would probably be easier and cheaper. I think that stuff is going for $17 a foot around here.

blacksheep10 · May 28, 2009

aL just went up. My price was $17/ foot shipped over the winter. Now its more like $21 picked up. That's 2". you want at least 2.25 with 1.25 joints. You are talking north of $25 or 30 a foot for 2.25/2.5.

JWP · May 28, 2009

I bought my 7075 AL from L. Miller and Son in Huntsville a few months ago. It was $530 for 12' of 2 inch and 12' of 1.75 inch. This made up all of my links and I had enough left over to make one spare lower link. After making these and running them on 2 rides, I'll never have steel links again.

Another option if you are set on steel is a trick that Bent Fabrications on Pirate does. He uses 1.25 OD by 9/32 wall DOM and sleeves it with 1.5 OD by .125 wall. The 1.25 OD is the right size that he does not have to drill it. It will tap for a 3/4" . I thought that was pretty good idea and you gain a ton of strength by sleeving. Probably cheaper to get it this way than it is to get 1.5 OD .375 wall.

blacksheep10 · May 29, 2009

JWP said:
I bought my 7075 AL from L. Miller and Son in Huntsville a few months ago. It was $530 for 12' of 2 inch and 12' of 1.75 inch. This made up all of my links and I had enough left over to make one spare lower link. After making these and running them on 2 rides, I'll never have steel links again.

$530/24' is still $22 a foot, guessing tha tthe 2" was $24 and the 1.75 was $20 a foot. In the grand scheme, $530 isn't much on a buggy, but everything costs money

My new rig will have AL links period

JWP · May 29, 2009

blacksheep10 said:
$530/24' is still $22 a foot, guessing tha tthe 2" was $24 and the 1.75 was $20 a foot. In the grand scheme, $530 isn't much on a buggy, but everything costs money

My new rig will have AL links period

I don't remember the price per piece, I only remembered the total and that was with the tax included. I do remember there was a pretty good price difference in the 1.75 and 2. I also remember asking for the price of 1.5 and it was a good bit cheaper to. I went with the 1.75 uppers because of my Unimog axles and knowing that there would be more load on them than regular upper links. When I build a new buggy I am going to use 2 inch lowers and 1.5 inch uppers.