Has anyone made their own stand offs or bought them somewhere?

[onkyo]

I was wanting to buy a set of stand offs from Buggy Depot but they are out of stock and customer service said it could be a couple months before they are back in.....ouch. I have upgraded the shocks and spindles on my yerf dog spiderbox and I am having some geometry problems with the tie rods. Although the tie rod ends are connected, they are extremely maxed out and it is tougher than before to turn and I don't want to ruin them.

Has anyone bought some from somewhere else or somehow made their own without welding or any other work that would require tools that I probably don't have access to? I live in MN so I have access to Fleet Farm, Menards, ACE hardware or I could easily order something online.

Thanks for the help!

[kliff]

Stand-offs can be made as simply as cutting 2 lengths of HEAVY wall tubing, a couple of washers, and some longer bolts. And I don't mean water pipe...heavy wall tubing is 1/4" > 3/8" thick, and most is specila order from on-line metal companies... BUT at least most will sell as little as 1 foot lengths.

7/8" tubing O.D x 3/8" I.D. = .250 thickness, in reasonable lengths, about 1" long, with a grade 8 bolt....home free.

[onkyo]

Originally Posted by kliff

Stand-offs can be made as simply as cutting 2 lengths of HEAVY wall tubing, a couple of washers, and some longer bolts. And I don't mean water pipe...heavy wall tubing is 1/4" > 3/8" thick, and most is specila order from on-line metal companies... BUT at least most will sell as little as 1 foot lengths.

7/8" tubing O.D x 3/8" I.D. = .250 thickness, in reasonable lengths, about 1" long, with a grade 8 bolt....home free.

Kliff,

Thanks for the reply. I get what you are saying with the tubing/spacer idea. However, I need it for the tie rod ends connecting to the spindle. So, I guess I really need a male-to-female standoff that is about 1-1 1/2" tall? Since it is the tie rod end, I can't simply use a new bolt that is longer.

Maybe I am missing what you are saying? Please correct me if I am wrong.

Open to any other ideas that are out there!

[ckau]

here's what I did, A sleave with a 3/8 inner dia, , 5/8 outer dia . drilled a large nut for the sleave to slip in, welded the two together. the sleave is cut to the proper length. The nut serves as a strong base against the spindle tab. Used an allen head through bolt.

[ckau]

Admend: The sleave cannot be any larger dia. than the flat mounting surface around the through bolt hole on the heim ball. otherwise you will get binding. In my case. I used a 3/8 heim with a mounting surface of 5/8

[onkyo]

Originally Posted by ckau

Admend: The sleave cannot be any larger dia. than the flat mounting surface around the through bolt hole on the heim ball. otherwise you will get binding. In my case. I used a 3/8 heim with a mounting surface of 5/8

Thanks for the idea ckau....I see that you are definitely an innovator on the yerf dog from the past posts that I have read about your heim changes. I unfortunately just purchased new ball joints and tie rod ends from bd and I don't weld so I am a little stock with what is available.

From the sounds of it, I will have to wait for BD to get the standoffs in stock unless someone else has found similar ones somewhere else?