[Shotimes] Rip-Off on E-bay

[Midwest SHO Specialists SHOtimes]

Yeah, I suppose you are right. : )  I guess I didn't really think that one
over.

Mike Kopstain
Midwest SHO Specialists
827 North Chestnut Avenue
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
www.MidwestSHO.com
Sales@midwestsho.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael S Wojton" <Mike.Wojton@owens-ill.com>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 7:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Rip-Off on E-bay


> If a strut tower bends and stays bent, I would say you have other, much
> more serious problems.  I would imagine that they may flex a small amount.
> Think about how far your towers would have to move to kink the bar for
> good.  Not very likely it would happen.
>
>
>
> Mike Wojton
> Toledo, Ohio
>
> -'95 Green MTX  3/01-1/03
>    ShoShop y-pipe
>
> -'95 White Mtx
>    '96 Brake Upgrade
>
> "Avoid the clap." - Jimmy Dugan
>
> ------------------( Forwarded letter 1 follows )---------------------
> Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 22:35:57 -0600
> To: Alan.Fanning[Awfanning]@earthlink.net, shotimes@autox.team.net
> From: MidwestSHOspecialists@hotmail.com
> Sender: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Rip-Off on E-bay
>
> Good point.  My thoughts are as follows.  Since the major force that is
put
> on the bar is during hard cornering, if the bar bent or flexed it would
most
> likely stay bent, thereby screwing your alignment.  I have had my bar on
for
> a year now and my car tracks fine.  The bar is a well designed piece.  It
is
> kind of a tubular steel shaped like this:   _
>                          / _ \
>
> I'm not a good asci picture type. : )
>
> Mike Kopstain
> Midwest SHO Specialists
> 827 North Chestnut Avenue
> Arlington Heights, IL 60004
> www.MidwestSHO.com
> Sales@midwestsho.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Fanning" <Awfanning@earthlink.net>
> To: "SHOtimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 9:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Rip-Off on E-bay
>
>
> > Which begs the question whether the bar in in tension of compression.
I've
> > heard tension, and would think compression would be problematic with the
> > usual long and small diameter bars used (due to column
> > buckling/instability).
> >
> >     Alan
> >
> > Mike wrote:
> >
> > > Since
> > > the two strut towers never try seperating themselves, but only push
into
> > > eachother in turns, this does not depend on friction, but the wall of
> the
> > > hole in the bar.
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