Manx rollbar

73SpeedBuggy · Post by **73SpeedBuggy** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:38 pm

I my manx rollbar arrived today and I'm really stumped on exactly where the "L" brackets it came with are supposed to go. does anyone have any pictures of one of these installed? Especially a picture of the "L" brackets mounted?

1856 · Post by **1856** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 4:00 pm

The L bracket bolts the the shock tower using the slotted single hole and to through body using two bolt side and aligning with the two bolt flange welded to the role bar. Before you drill any holes measure the hoop height from the top of the roll bar to the body on each side and lay-out the project twice. It's not unusual if to find that L bracket is not a universal fit ...have fun.
Mark

73SpeedBuggy · Post by **73SpeedBuggy** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:01 pm

OK, so the bracket is actually going OUTSIDE the tub and on the shock tower, not on the frame around the pan?

MyBlueBuggy · Post by **MyBlueBuggy** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 8:43 pm

Yes, it goes on the outside of the body.

73SpeedBuggy · Post by **73SpeedBuggy** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:20 pm

I see now. I was extremely confused becaused my old rollbar went all the way to the floorpan. I didn't notice how much shorter this one was and thought it was supposed to do the same thing. Thanks for setting me straight.

1856 · Post by **1856** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 12:23 pm

Adam, I did add a piece to the bottom of the bar so landed on the pan ...I found the tub depth on each side different on most our buggies ... so before drilling any holes stand back and look at the horizontal alignment with bar to the windshield frame.
Mark

5150bossman · Post by **5150bossman** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 4:09 pm

We all love a good 'oldschool' buggy. But you should really consider going to a full cage as soon as possible. The single hoop has a tendancy to fold over if you roll over at any kind of speed. We lost a good friend in a buggy roll over a couple of years back. Here is a pic of another roll over that dramatically illistrates what could happen. Yes, we ran a single hoop for years, but after our friend's death, put the cage on the top of our priority list (Mel is STILL waiting for her new expresso machine

. I just tell her to look at the new roll cage and pretend.....).

73SpeedBuggy · Post by **73SpeedBuggy** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 5:16 pm

Thanks.. I wish someone made a pre-fab cage ready to go. I don't have the skills, tools or resources to make one and don't know where I could get one made.

We all love a good 'oldschool' buggy. But you should really consider going to a full cage as soon as possible. The single hoop has a tendancy to fold over if you roll over at any kind of speed. We lost a good friend in a buggy roll over a couple of years back. Here is a pic of another roll over that dramatically illistrates what could happen. Yes, we ran a single hoop for years, but after our friend's death, put the cage on the top of our priority list (Mel is STILL waiting for her new expresso machine

. I just tell her to look at the new roll cage and pretend.....).

dan-b · Post by **dan-b** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:24 pm

Mike, That picture scares the cr*p out of me about running a single bar setup. I'm still in the rebuilding stage of putting my clone back together, but a full cage has gone to the front of my to do list. OUCH!!!!! But thanks for sharing. Safety first!

Dan

5150bossman · Post by **5150bossman** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:18 pm

We ran a single hoop for years without issue. But every once in a while, we would get ourselves into trouble on a run and the thought of the single hoop in that pic would race through my mind. Two seperate occassions stand out. One was a steering problem where we almost spun out doing 60 on a narrow road in Lone Pine, the other was a spin-out into an embankment in Nipton. Fortuneately, no roll over on either case. But it was enough to scare me. When our friend had his accident, that was the final straw, so the cage went in.

73SpeedBuggy · Post by **73SpeedBuggy** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:24 pm

5150bossman wrote:We ran a single hoop for years without issue. But every once in a while, we would get ourselves into trouble on a run and the thought of the single hoop in that pic would race through my mind. Two seperate occassions stand out. One was a steering problem where we almost spun out doing 60 on a narrow road in Lone Pine, the other was a spin-out into an embankment in Nipton. Fortuneately, no roll over on either case. But it was enough to scare me. When our friend had his accident, that was the final straw, so the cage went in.

You fab it yourself?

Ed-Chenal · Post by **Ed-Chenal** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:06 am

You don't need a Roll Cage unless you plan to roll your buggy....

He said facetiously.

manxdavid · Post by **manxdavid** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 7:35 pm

Here's a (borrowed) pic. if that helps...

5150bossman · Post by **5150bossman** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:21 pm

No, Dale and I went to a guy in Simi who did them up for us.

Gary1719 · Post by **Gary1719** » Sun May 02, 2010 3:28 pm

What is the size of the tubing used on the Manx roll bar from the club store?