Inner rear hinge pins-Constantly bending them!!

[gazhillAE]

Does anyone else have this problem??

Im using the alloy rear block as i love my bling bling!!!!

Currently using the x factory rear pins which are sold at £8 each i believe, anything else thats better for me to use??

Cheers Gaz

[Darren Boyle]

Hi Gaz, The Vampire alloy rear block WILL lead to the bending of rear pins sadly, we either have "bling and bend" or "boring and straight(er)" sadly.

The standard kit hing pins are titanium and £3.39 or we do make some "DDP" hardened steel ones but I dont fully reccomend these.
1. They are quite expensive sadly - £12.59 per pair and 2. They wont bend but in a BIG crash they will SNAP, personnaly I would rather have one just bend instead of break altogether.....

The rest of the car has been made fairly tough the hinge pins are one of the few "consumables" we tend to get through regular on the car though.

[gazhillAE]

Great reply!

Really enjoyed this car for the last few months great!!!!!!

Miles better than a B4!

Right il put up with the snapping i think

Get me a part number if possible il ring up and get some

Gaz

[Darren Boyle]

DDP021 is the part number, we have none in stock at present ourselves, but you may well find some available from any one of our "X-Factory UK" dealers who has had them recently of us....

[bigred5765]

Gaz they only bend when you hit something,


which is all the time lol

[gazhillAE]

Originally Posted by bigred5765

Gaz they only bend when you hit something,


which is all the time lol

Shut it smart arse!!!

All the time hahaha, yeah right bring on worksop sh*t bag!

[reg]

iv just bent mine,i run the std plasic rear block,it bent at the bush end,i dont remember hitting anything hard..............but then i do it that often why would i

[bigred5765]

i got the vice and hammer with me sunday, you no your going to need it,

[gazhillAE]

Originally Posted by bigred5765

i got the vice and hammer with me sunday, you no your going to need it,

Cool, stop worrying about my car and just make sure you have plenty of slipper parts and belts

[bigred5765]

Originally Posted by gazhillAE

Cool, stop worrying about my car and just make sure you have plenty of slipper parts and belts

lol not worried just dont fancy fixing it all day see you there sunday mate lol

[Captain-Codpiece-The-2nd]

I have bent 2 so far, standard plastic rear end. One was a spectacular triple flip with a pike twist at a regional, and the other was running down a track marking then twatting a big hole, wishbone first. Basically to be expected. lol

I would much rather they bend at a few quid a pop, then damage anything more expensive. Overall I am very impressed with the durability of my non squared X6. They also bend back quite well, the last one bent into a Z formation quite spectacularly. I used my panelbeating skills (or lack of) to beat it back into shape, and it's held up fine.
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[reg]

you dont need to be shy about telling people you have a hammer in ya pit box,we are Team Sambles not OCD

[Kopite]

Originally Posted by Captain-Codpiece-The-2nd

the last one bent into a Z formation quite spectacularly. I used my panelbeating skills (or lack of) to beat it back into shape, and it's held up fine.

did the same thing myself, bent the pin into a z shape after an argument with a wall, but the chassis was fine (which is the most important thing). A good hammering of the hinge pin till it was 'almost' straight and i was back on the track.

result

[janus_77]

I've recently been using drill-blanks with a low cobalt rating.

Strong enough not to bend, flexible enough not to break.

Been testing them in 5 cars over this season, in total only 2 broke.

[YoungChazz]

For a while we stocked Dirtz Dialed Partz 021, a very hard hinge pin that Brian uses in all his cars -- never wears and the arm rotates extremely freely. Brian loves them and does not crash much.

However, we found for most people they were too brittle, and we have not stocked them for some time. We have now found a source of supply for similar pins that are not so hard (brittle) and expect them about the end of the month. The Team will try them out, and if they're good, we'll have them for sale. Should be a bit cheaper than the original DDP021...

[hottuna]

Some racing friends and me have drilled the holes to 3mm, and we are using steel rods from hex wrench tip. They will never break...

[reg]

Originally Posted by hottuna

Some racing friends and me have drilled the holes to 3mm, and we are using steel rods from hex wrench tip. They will never break...

what did you use to cut them?

[hottuna]

Originally Posted by reg

what did you use to cut them?

Dremel