bending upper link bars

ok, not sure on the best way to word my question here. I am stock flooring my mazda and not cutting the bed, well it has a big gaping whole from a previous bag job.Problem I am seeing is the upper 4 link bars will hit the bed, and the floor would have to be cut.Can I bed the upper bars a bit for clearance, kind of a s curve, and still have the link funciton properly?

A bar only thinks that it is a straight line from point to point, so bending the bars will only create one problem... weakness. If you are going to have to bend the bars, be sure to use a little heavier material to compensate for the lost strength.

alright, thanks!
I will probably just man up and cut my floor a bit...someone already butchered it anyway.

what size bar stock would you recomend for something like that?

Max is right on there! The bushings only see a straight line no matter how the bars are bent. The axle will try to pull the bars straight when the axle rotates. With the small amount of horse power that you are running I don't see it being a problem if you were to use 1.250" .125 DOM.

we run bent upper bars all the time, never had an issue with it before.

we allways have used 1.25 - .25 DOM or 1.5" - .25" DOM


you wont have a problem i doubt!

Originally posted by marcus760



what size bar stock would you recomend for something like that?

The more severe the bend, the tougher the tubing should be.

Originally posted by Chopped Mazda



we run bent upper bars all the time, never had an issue with it before.

we allways have used 1.25 - .25 DOM or 1.5" - .25" DOM

you wont have a problem i doubt!

No kidding! That super overkill, but that's better than the alternative...

Originally posted by BioMax





No kidding! That super overkill, but that's better than the alternative...



yea, it is no doubt. but at our local steel shop, we often get 1.25" -.25" DOM tube for the same price that 1.25" -.125" DOM tube is, and same goes for teh 1.5"OD tube, so we just allways go with the thick stuff.... hell, sometimes it cheeper than the thinner stuff.

If you cant tell, our local steel shop is kick ass with us!

thanks