Hey,
I'm about to make a steering guard for my project truck. I don't want it to be any heavier than it needs to be. In an impact with a rock, the force it will experience depends on how much inertia the system has. If it's rigidly mounted, the inertia is that of the whole vehicle. If it was on compliant mounts so it could deflect, the inertia, and therefore the force experienced, would be much lower.
Clearly, if I pile into a boulder at 60mph, nothing will help much - either the steering guard or the vehicle is going to bend. For lower-speed stuff though, I think it would make a lot of sense to use rubber bushes rather than over-building the guard for a job it doesn't need to do. Has anyone tried it?
I'm about to make a steering guard for my project truck. I don't want it to be any heavier than it needs to be. In an impact with a rock, the force it will experience depends on how much inertia the system has. If it's rigidly mounted, the inertia is that of the whole vehicle. If it was on compliant mounts so it could deflect, the inertia, and therefore the force experienced, would be much lower.
Clearly, if I pile into a boulder at 60mph, nothing will help much - either the steering guard or the vehicle is going to bend. For lower-speed stuff though, I think it would make a lot of sense to use rubber bushes rather than over-building the guard for a job it doesn't need to do. Has anyone tried it?
