Victory Red
12-20-2003, 03:02 PM
I'm sorry to announce a shipping delay. First of all let me state that if anyone here objects to what will likely be a week to two delay before I can ship, I will gladly refund your check if you so request.
The reason for this is an on the fly engineering change. Initially I was going to use an push nut(retainer for non threaded rod) that looks like thishttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/uploads/96B_94803a027a.gif
I thought this would hold the Clevis in place tight enough to retain it. Problem is that I couldn't get it in stainless. When I went to install the first finished set onto my truck, I took off my prototypes. I began to flex the pieces back and forth. After a few minutes I stressed it enough, it popped off. This made me quite leary of possible problems with these. I immediately called Hoot and had him do the same to his. His stayed on, but I'm still uneasy about using these.
So I decided to replace it with thishttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/uploads/ZD4_retainer.png
which is a press on retainer ring for non threaded rods. It will give me a 360 degree clamp action vs the two prongs on the flanged push nut. The Clevis at 3/8" should take an incredible amount of stress, but should something cause your gate to flex the straps too much(not likely but still a possibility), the hats could pop off. This just wasn't acceptable to me, plus the new press ring is available in a stainless material. These should provide the security I(and we) all want and need. The catalog also claims these can be used where a groove(for a C-Clip) or a hole(Cotter Pin) cannot be used, although I have no stress rating for it, my guess is that it's less likely to pop off since it must be pressed on.
Now this isn't as pretty as the flanged cap, I'm also going to add this to complete the finished lookhttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/uploads/FA7_newnut.gif
This part has a few more flanges for grabbing and is also available in stainless. Not that at this point it will do more than cover the pin end, but I like the more professionally crafted look.
So what all this means is that I need to order some more parts since these weren't in my original plans. I don't expect to receive them until late next week with the Holidays.
This will also have a minimal effect on pricing for the next batch roughly a $1 a set. It's roughly $30+shipping for these two components with enough to make 25 sets(the original caps were $17 with enough to make 50 sets). It's a small price differential, but since I go back to everything in a stainless material I think it's worth it both for safety and for longevity. Obviously for those that already sent me checks, there will be no adjustment on your end. Just one of those things I need to suck up for development costs(if anyone needs 90+push caps I'll let them go cheeeeeep). <IMG onMouseOver="this.style.cursor='hand'" onMouseOut="this.style.cursor=''" alt='Click on image to open in new window' onClick="window.open('smileys/Ermm.gif', 'Image', 'toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbar s=1,resizable=1');
The reason for this is an on the fly engineering change. Initially I was going to use an push nut(retainer for non threaded rod) that looks like thishttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/uploads/96B_94803a027a.gif
I thought this would hold the Clevis in place tight enough to retain it. Problem is that I couldn't get it in stainless. When I went to install the first finished set onto my truck, I took off my prototypes. I began to flex the pieces back and forth. After a few minutes I stressed it enough, it popped off. This made me quite leary of possible problems with these. I immediately called Hoot and had him do the same to his. His stayed on, but I'm still uneasy about using these.
So I decided to replace it with thishttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/uploads/ZD4_retainer.png
which is a press on retainer ring for non threaded rods. It will give me a 360 degree clamp action vs the two prongs on the flanged push nut. The Clevis at 3/8" should take an incredible amount of stress, but should something cause your gate to flex the straps too much(not likely but still a possibility), the hats could pop off. This just wasn't acceptable to me, plus the new press ring is available in a stainless material. These should provide the security I(and we) all want and need. The catalog also claims these can be used where a groove(for a C-Clip) or a hole(Cotter Pin) cannot be used, although I have no stress rating for it, my guess is that it's less likely to pop off since it must be pressed on.
Now this isn't as pretty as the flanged cap, I'm also going to add this to complete the finished lookhttp://www.dieselplace.com/forum/uploads/FA7_newnut.gif
This part has a few more flanges for grabbing and is also available in stainless. Not that at this point it will do more than cover the pin end, but I like the more professionally crafted look.
So what all this means is that I need to order some more parts since these weren't in my original plans. I don't expect to receive them until late next week with the Holidays.
This will also have a minimal effect on pricing for the next batch roughly a $1 a set. It's roughly $30+shipping for these two components with enough to make 25 sets(the original caps were $17 with enough to make 50 sets). It's a small price differential, but since I go back to everything in a stainless material I think it's worth it both for safety and for longevity. Obviously for those that already sent me checks, there will be no adjustment on your end. Just one of those things I need to suck up for development costs(if anyone needs 90+push caps I'll let them go cheeeeeep). <IMG onMouseOver="this.style.cursor='hand'" onMouseOut="this.style.cursor=''" alt='Click on image to open in new window' onClick="window.open('smileys/Ermm.gif', 'Image', 'toolbar=0,location=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbar s=1,resizable=1');