Originally Posted by
old&slow
I first just tapped and mounted rear screw to rear chasis supprt. That ended up pulling out . I then through bolted it and have yet to have any issues with mounting or rear brace dmage. As I have stated I am the lawn dart king and have tested the mount vigorously
Oh, I got that - your directions were very clear. I'm just worried about work hardening the plastic, and when it finally cracks...ker-blammo. But worse, I'm afraid you'll never see you've cracked it.
Some users have commented that this brace is unnecessary because they keep their chassis screws tight. I think this is false. The belt tunnel moves more when you tension the belt (that means gas it) than it will ever do from lawn darting, and every time the tunnel moves, it acts like an automatic belt tensioning device - except it works in exactly reverse and UN-tensions the belt. To me, the tubular CF chassis brace is a belt stabilization device. Just because you can't observe it doesn't mean it's not happening.
I considered making a CF top tunnel brace, but there are so many wierd bends it started to hurt my head and I gave up. A belt tunnel made from that uber stiff FT plastic would be dialed.