[ARC5] ARB Shock Mount Question- Again

[J. Forster]

Thanks. That's pretty much what I suspected.

-John

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> On 12/14/2013 3:02 PM, J. Forster wrote:
>> Now the mount per say is explained, what about the mounting hardware.
>> Each
>> mount seems to have:
>>
>> 1x   #8-32 x 1 1/8" RHMS
>> 1x   #8-32 Aircraft self-locking nut
>> 2x   #8 x 1" Flat Washers
>> 3x   #8 x 3/8" Flat Washers
>>
>> It L@@KS like the 1" flat washer are stops for the shock mounts.
>
> They are indeed, but they are not intended to be hard stops - just to
> add another layer of resistance to the rubber in the shock unit when it
> reaches a certain point.
>
>> Does anyone know how to assemble this Dagwood Sandwich?
>
> Not much to it, John.  The order is machine screw, 3/8" washer, 1"
> washer, shock unit, 1" washer, 3/8" washer, aircraft shelf or cross
> member, 3/8" washer, and finally the nut.  The 1" washers need to
> provide a bit of deflection to do their stopping job without suddenly
> putting a High-G stop to the mount, and that's the reason for spacing
> them with a 3/8" backup washer at both ends.  It provides sort of a two
> step piecewise linear deflection curve.
>
> Happy mounting... :-)
>
>   - Mike
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