1872 axle tube question

[ClickClickBoom]

Originally Posted by Sam Mac

Have fun figuring it out. Guys like you expect every one to work for free except themselves.

Thanks for making broad generalizations based upon 2 forum posts. The concept isn't exactly rocket science, and i'm doing something completely different for my loader subframe. Just trying to find an easy way to incorporate the rear-end bolts into the subframe i'm already building.

I didn't ask someone to trace their brackets and mail me a copy.



Some moderators we have around here.

[Workinprogress]

Another option is to buy the axle carrier gaskets. Use them as a template. Then drop the axle and replace them.

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by ClickClickBoom

The concept isn't exactly rocket science, and i'm doing something completely different for my loader subframe. Just trying to find an easy way to incorporate the rear-end bolts into the subframe i'm already building.

That's kind the point I think..... figure it out. Why should someone get you dimensions, when you can easily take them yourself. Sorry, but I'm with Sam. He took the time to figure out the pattern and make the brackets. If you don't want to pay, figure it out on your own.

[Gaden]

Geez, guys, what's the deal. Most of us that come here are mechanically inclined, and are able to "figure things out". The beauty of having a site like this to come to is to by-pass a lot of that and glean information from people who have been there and done that, it saves a lot of time and headaches. It took me all of one minute to find my drawing on my desk for the dimensions and less than that to find the picture on my hard drive and draw on it. Maybe the guy would like to make his braces and have them ready before he disassembles, not to mention he wouldn't have to take the tubes off, which he would if he were to "figure it out" on his own. Almost all of the advice dispensed here could be "figured out", it's just nice to have the solution sooner than that would take.

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by Gaden

Geez, guys, what's the deal.

Ok, here's the "deal". Sam Mac designed and made the first set of braces. He was the one who saw the issue, and designed a "fix". It really shouldn't be that hard to see what the deal is. The braces are for sale now through xtreme, but it seems that a lot of people think that they can do it themselves for less than the selling price, yet they seem to need to know how to make them first. If you want to make your own parts, then make them. I don't think it's fair to ask the designer to give you the specs for their product for free. No, the OP didn't ask Sam directly to hand them over.... he just asked someone else who either paid for them, or copied Sam's design, to hand them over. It's all the same thing. Before Sam designed them, I never say ANYONE put a brace on the rear of an SGT. So, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that all SGT braces are copied from Sam's. It's no different than asking a manufacturer to tell you how to build their product so you don't have to pay for it.

Sorry this is kind of a hot topic for me (even though I have no skin in the game), but I have built a lot of things, and being in business for myself for many years, it always irritated me when someone wanted me to share my information for free because they didn't want to pay me for the work. I do it here because I want to, and for the most part, people here are just playing with a "toy", and share the same "hobby" as I do. I have declined information to people when I found out they were just trying to fix a Cub to flip it. That's where I personally draw the line.

Originally Posted by Gaden

Most of us that come here are mechanically inclined, and are able to "figure things out".

That is sooooo not true. Sorry, if that upsets you.


OP got his info; thread closed.