one off suzuki shock clevis's

[xb33bsa]

i needed some suzuki clevis's for some fox factory superbike shocks i have sold
looking at what fox had supplied i knew i could actually do better
the clevis is made up out of pieces, the washer is kawasaki steering tube/stem top bolt washer
the center threaded section is machined from cr round steel stock
the clevis is made up of 3 pieces cut from 1"x3" rectangular steel tube .080 wall
...its a laminated structure fancy words eh ? but i like using 2 layers when i can,that is in certain situations like when i dont have the bar stock on hand to bend up, ha !
anyway the center section has 2 overlays one on each side it leaves a gap up top but no matter as that gets a counterbore so the machined threaded section nests down in halfway through
the overlays i edge weld oxy/ace them,i barely use any filler just a dab occasionally, all the way that there are edges to fuse when done carefully it barely takes any sanding on the belt sander to blend in hide the bead on other stuff i have just left the edge bead
and the laminate structure is stiffer,stronger than a single piece of the same thickness
before i do the overlay i slightly tweak the legs to splay them the very slight amount to meet the .880" -.885"clevis width
the images compare to the foxclevis which was not correct anyway as they are the narrower honda clevis pattern

 

[Tune-A-Fish]

Sweet work ofit mang!

 

[xb33bsa]

Sweet work ofit mang!

cheerrs
but i am going to get me some selection of cr flatstock to bend these up woith from now on ...
its extra work the way i done it but an interesting and usefull fab form, the laminating, thats one reason i shown it

 

[Tune-A-Fish]

Laminating be it wood or metal seems to strengthen the materials to far better than just using thicker material. Wood because of the grain and fiber strand orientation but metals must be something to do with separation and flex idk but keep doing it.

 

[xb33bsa]

Laminating be it wood or metal seems to strengthen the materials to far better than just using thicker material. Wood because of the grain and fiber strand orientation but metals must be something to do with separation and flex idk but keep doing it.

yes the laminate one piece is trying to be streched the other trying to be made shorter ,a tug of war between each other
they are kinda trying to cancel out back to zero
great for something that needs it but the shocks clevis really is not carrying huge bending load just push and pull in one a=xis trying to bend feebly in a buckling manner
nut its great for something like a fabbed up shift and brake pedal and i have done the speed holes(they have to be kept on the smaller side) and go around those with a fushion but .....if you do it reel good it looks bitchen and resists twisting quite well
do it badly, dont get the but fits perfect and shake on the torch, it looks like crap out comes the sander
i was gonna sand these anyway cause they aren,t a show pi-....... bah well i guess i was just a little shaky just a wee bit it had been a while
so its overkill but i love marching rite along with the calming hiss pfft pfft of the oxy torch and doing a fusion but so purdy it dont need no sandin'

seein'z how you ti ...hell you probably piss ti, you should be doing this style in the ti call it "lamanetee-eye" mmm kinda polish sounding tho polish-french......canadian

 

[Tune-A-Fish]

Hmm, I have some Ti bar stock about 1.25X8 4mm thick would make a sweet brake and shift lever with two fused in the gas bath after bent up then stack scraps for the brake toe and rubber sleeve a 12 point 8mm for the shifter toe drilling speed holes requires serious mind fornication to get speed and rate of cut b4 the drill is useless

I could even skip fuse the lam to show the two and allow some contamination for the peeerty colors :