Rod Bender
Rod Bender
@rjbender
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Joined: September 8, 2018 6:40 pm
Last seen: November 13, 2025 3:45 pm
Topics: 13 / Replies: 308
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RE: Just winging it

Hi All, I basically have the same question that @trakmnky started this thread with, and I appreciate CharleyH's input above. I was wondering if a...

2 years ago
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RE: Drive Shaft Removal question

@schneller - G'day Ron, You can see the end of the shaft up the middle of the hub. I think another way around that issue would have been to use a br...

2 years ago
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RE: New Owner Help and Questions SR3 RS

@bird - Hi Jay, Main dimensions are 40mm wide and 215mm long. The material I used is 2.5mm thick (anything between 1.5 and 3mm would work really, as...

2 years ago
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RE: New Owner Help and Questions SR3 RS

@bird - Hi Jay, Yes. That's another thing I made and helps enormously when you are trying to maximise the use of the RPM shift lights in bright sunl...

2 years ago
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RE: Adding preload to shocks

@bird ... Hi Jay, Yes, that's something I made very early after buying my Radical and getting it up on my jack stands for the first time. I wanted a ...

2 years ago
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RE: Adding preload to shocks

@bird - Hi Jay, Radical wanted around AU$700 per set.... So we made our own from some 5/8" diameter (or 16mm) 316L stainless steel bar, and purchased...

2 years ago
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RE: Car width with Tie downs (part # AT0008) inserted into spindle.

@bird - G'day from Tasmania! Just reinstalled the rear wheels on my RSX and the Radical supplied tie-down inserts to measure this for you. 1850mm (...

2 years ago
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RE: Adding preload to shocks

@davidf … G’day David, I’ve now made some adjustable pushrods for the rear of my RSX, so now both cars have them. My setup is now ‘normally’ done usi...

2 years ago
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RE: Adding preload to shocks

@schneller … regarding your reply to @davidf above and the oversteer your experiencing… Reading between the lines it sounds like turn in oversteer, an...

2 years ago
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RE: Adding preload to shocks

@schneller …. Why not make the shock adjustments while it’s on the ‘flat patch’ (on the scales)? You can then do the adjustment ‘live’ and you can se...

2 years ago
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RE: Side intakes - restricting flow

@nautoncall .... See other recent replies for Tasmania's climate which will determine if this is relevant for you... As mentioned in the other post...

2 years ago
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RE: Side intakes - restricting flow

@charleyhradicalsportscarregistry-com ... here's my solution to that happening... Nothing a bit of 'fly-screen' material won't fix... and the restric...

2 years ago
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RE: Side intakes - restricting flow

@stephen ... certainly never had a problem getting the GDU/gearbox temp up on mine... in fact quite the opposite. I've got some of those stick on tem...

2 years ago
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RE: driveshaft repacking?

@parsonsj ... G'day John. If there's not much diameter difference between them, then maybe you could just build the tool for the larger diameter join...

2 years ago
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RE: driveshaft repacking?

G'day All, I've just completed my first SR3 driveshaft rebuild according to the schedule... done at around 12 hours on my HD driveshafts (on-track t...

2 years ago
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