Homemade solution for the underbite

500

My Egg friend had an underbite and came up with his own solution. He doesn't post on the site so I'm sharing this. He ran a piece of all thread through both sides of the spring bolts and bolted them together. He used captured washer nuts on the ends and then double bolts on the inside the keep the springs in place. Works great. Better than new. Here's a pic. 

Chubbs

Great idea. 

SoCalTim

Ingenious!

RRP

500 said:

My Egg friend had an underbite and came up with his own solution. He doesn't post on the site so I'm sharing this. He ran a piece of all thread through both sides of the spring bolts and bolted them together. He used captured washer nuts on the ends and then double bolts on the inside the keep the springs in place. Works great. Better than new. Here's a pic. 

For a side by side comparison here's what it looks like before he did the threaded rod change. Glad this worked for him, but I don't really see why it would. Please help me understand.

AlbertaEgger

RRP said:

For a side by side comparison here's what it looks like before he did the threaded rod change. Glad this worked for him, but I don't really see why it would. Please help me understand.

I'm in the same boat, I don't see the change?

500

I think, over time, the bolts bent up or loosened and couldn't get tight again.  Maybe one or all of those items.  I'll check mine.  I have a little underbite as well.

500

He feels the load is distributed over the whole piece of allthread, instead of straining the short bolts. 

fishlessman

 maybe it helps stabilize the two lower pivots, it almost looks like the thd rod is flexing up in tension but could be an illusion

4Runner

Crank that bad boy up to 700 plus and see if it holds.   If it works, great.  No clue why but at that point, I wouldn't care.   Thanks for sharing.  

500

My bolts are bent up. That's got to be why I have a slight under bite. 

RRP

Thanks for that PRECISE picture. BTW those bolts are cheap to replace at any decent hardware store - NOT a big box "from China" store though.

theyolksonyou

Or, with a piece of all thread.....

Mattman3969

Can't wait for the tested results.   In my mind I think it's a very good idea. 

YukonRon

I can't believe BGE has not tried this. I will try it too.

DoofusOfTheDay

I have underbite and my bolts for the hinge aren't bent at all like the ones shown in pic, so that won't do nothing for me I would venture to say.