Reinforce Your Scooter! (with pics)

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bball4will

Member
haha, thanks.

eh what happened to those finished pictures go?
the ones you put up the first time, with different angles of the reinforcement, those pictures are great.
 
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team_punishment

dargersaurus rex
Derek [FS said:
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Lloyd Bureau said:
bump.

they should look like this but all the way (missed out on tubing...) : (?)

*pic
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the only problem is you very easily could snap it below the folding mech. but i like that way tho, it would make icepicks really easy and fun.


my scooter is soo freakin solid its ridiculous. its pretty heavy though cuz i used steel for the reinforcements. eric this was a great idea <3
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dont take the stock reinfocment out. bad things happen. i also didnt run the reinforcements up all the way.
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bball4will

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so you were talking about you'd like it to be welded on,
does that mean bolting + welding,
or simply just welding, no bolting or drilling needed?

by the way, can I use JB weld to do the job instead of the normal welding? will it hold?
 
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Eric Magray

Steel Member
more new pics up for yous that wanted the finished ones.

never take out the stock reinforcement, theres no point since theres almost no weight difference.

jb welds are shit, theyre just meant to make shit look pretty. its not gonna hold the reinforcements. and if i could actually get it welded on i wouldnt put the extra bolts in the middle.
 
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lloyd

Steel Member
eric magray said:
yea but pro models already have a steel reinforcement on the inside of the deck under the mech. as long as you dont take that out it wont break.
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I second that. my deck reinforcements are still in perfect condition and no cracks
 
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Jordan Jasa

Silver Member
eric magray said:
never take out the stock reinforcement, theres no point since theres almost no weight difference.
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ehhh I disagree with that, i noticed a big difference when i took mine out...
 
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bball4will

Member
If i use tube to reinforce instead,
should bolt the tube on the very outside wall.
or bolting to just the inner wall of the tube will be the same?

.................|TUBE||Scooter||TUBE|
................^......^.............^......^
Outside of tube inside of tube outside of the tube


or how should i do it?
 
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AX3D

Member
So wait.. it would be better to do on the inside of the deck right? since the metal is pressed against it and not just using bolts to strengthen it?

Get someone like Pete/madis to answer thiss
 
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bball4will

Member
DerekLowndes said:
So wait.. it would be better to do on the inside of the deck right? since the metal is pressed against it and not just using bolts to strengthen it?

Get someone like Pete/madis to answer thiss
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wait... inside of the deck?
i thought this reinforcement is actually on the outside of the deck.

[ ] - the tube
0 - the end of the bolt

what i asked was that
should i bolt like this:
(inner wall of the tube)
[ 0]|Scoot|[0 ]

or

on the outter wall of the tube:
0[ ]|Scoot|[ ]0



or is there any other way to make this reinforcement more effective? (other than welding it on)
 
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Eric Magray

Steel Member
inside/outside doesnt make a difference if youre just gonna do the reinforcements like mine. if youre gonna use square tubing though, then inside will probably be a little stronger. but inside is alot harder to make. and the bolts for the outside just keep the reinforcements tight against the deck.

and about the tube. idk if you mean youre usuing square or round tube but either way itd be simpler to just get long bolts and have them bolted against the outer wall like micros.
 
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bball4will

Member
eric magray said:
inside/outside doesnt make a difference if youre just gonna do the reinforcements like mine. if youre gonna use square tubing though, then inside will probably be a little stronger. but inside is alot harder to make. and the bolts for the outside just keep the reinforcements tight against the deck.

and about the tube. idk if you mean youre usuing square or round tube but either way itd be simpler to just get long bolts and have them bolted against the outer wall like micros.
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oh i meant square tubes.
but yeah, i think doing this on the outside of the deck is the better way to go,
since the reinforcement will be one piece going all the way down to the rear axle.
i was wondering will it be weaker if i bolt against the inner wall of the tube?
because i was thinking that will be easier for the rear axle part.

[ 0]|Scoot|[0 ]


DerekLowndes said:
..tube?

yeah i didnt read any of the posts. soo.. why are u usinna tube?
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eh... idk... i'd imagine square tube being stronger?
 
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