P700 Skid plate material

[ToddACimer]

on the bottom.. duhh!

It's not that obvious. For very good reason I avoided lateral breaks in my skid plate such that when sliding over obstacles from front to back there were no seams in the skid plate as they'd cause obstacles to get hung up on the under belly. Likewise any point load in the under belly causes greater stress over the smallest area it is applied to. So if you make the belly out of multiple pieces you reduce the total amount of deflection you can see in each piece. I personally really like the large conical oversized Honda skid plate washers as they'll allow the belly to walk between the bolts on impact a small amount. All that being said, I'd still be curious on which pieces broke.

 

[Admin]

 

[ToddACimer]

Here's the two pictures. Not a bad break but it's in the same place both times.

Thanks for the photos. This is the very reason that I wanted to avoid having breaks in the center belly. The washers firmly clamp the edges of the material in place and deflection in the center of each small panel over stresses the material.

Now I really want to beat on this big flat belly

 

[JTW]

Thanks for the photos. This is the very reason that I wanted to avoid having breaks in the center belly. The washers firmly clamp the edges of the material in place and deflection in the center of each small panel over stresses the material.

Now I really want to beat on this big flat belly
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I was just giving you s***... but you did do a damn good job!

 

[joeymt33]

Thanks for the photos. This is the very reason that I wanted to avoid having breaks in the center belly. The washers firmly clamp the edges of the material in place and deflection in the center of each small panel over stresses the material.

Now I really want to beat on this big flat belly
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Check out the bash plate I did. You may want to consider that to protect the front.



It now has A lot of scares that would have dented the metal.

 

[ohanacreek]

What was the difficulty in bending or the issue with durability on the UHMW?

You can very easily over hear it and permanently damage the polymer chains also can't bend it more than about 40degrees.

 

[ohanacreek]

It's not that obvious. For very good reason I avoided lateral breaks in my skid plate such that when sliding over obstacles from front to back there were no seams in the skid plate as they'd cause obstacles to get hung up on the under belly. Likewise any point load in the under belly causes greater stress over the smallest area it is applied to. So if you make the belly out of multiple pieces you reduce the total amount of deflection you can see in each piece. I personally really like the large conical oversized Honda skid plate washers as they'll allow the belly to walk between the bolts on impact a small amount. All that being said, I'd still be curious on which pieces broke.

Trail armor thins the pieces so they overlap.

When I made I had a 3/16" piece of aluminum behind the joints. No issues even in cold weather.

Only in the great white both should temp on UHMW be an issue, HDPE in more tolerant of the cold.

 

[Ems-Cam]

I had considered aluminum, but after talking with some people I ride with, I decided against it. The aluminum does not self-lubricate to slide over some stuff, its loud when stuff hits the bottom and if you get a rock on top, it rattles. I know there are ways around it such as undercoat on top, butI decided on the Puckboard (HDPE). Plus its black.

 

[Montecresto]

I had considered aluminum, but after talking with some people I ride with, I decided against it. The aluminum does not self-lubricate to slide over some stuff, its loud when stuff hits the bottom and if you get a rock on top, it rattles. I know there are ways around it such as undercoat on top, butI decided on the Puckboard (HDPE). Plus its black.

All true about the aluminum, and it digs into rock more. It's the least desirable, though provides better protection than the OEM. You may have landed upon the best material for yours given your latitude.

 

[Ems-Cam]

I will keep everyone updated on how it holds up. So far in the cold of Canada, its handling it, but then I have not done anything really hard.