1" pipe sliders and bumpers?

[SayBye]

What are ur opinions? Too small? Reason I ask is the mj is on 33's and I'm not going anything bigger. I figured the 1" sch 40 pipe would tuck a little closer to the rockers since it's only on 33's.

 

Or would you go ahead and build everything out of 1.25" pipe?

 

If anyone has some 1" sliders or bumpers post some pics!

[shelbyluvv]

There's a guy in GA selling some tube sliders. They are about 1" as well. Check the classifieds.

[gogmorgo]

I would avoid using sched 40 pipe for structural stuff. Pipe is fairly soft low-grade steel, and 1" sched 40 is only ~1/8th" wall.

[benjy_26]

Pipe carries stuff, TUBE keeps things from bending. Use tube.

[Eagle]

What are ur opinions? Too small? Reason I ask is the mj is on 33's and I'm not going anything bigger. I figured the 1" sch 40 pipe would tuck a little closer to the rockers since it's only on 33's.

 

Or would you go ahead and build everything out of 1.25" pipe?

 

If anyone has some 1" sliders or bumpers post some pics!

I wouldn't use pipe. It's steel, but not particularly strong steel, and a 1" pipe really isn't going to offer much protection.

 

Tubing is better, has structural properties, and can be bought in different wall thicknesses depending on how strong you want it.

[SayBye]

I would rather use tube but Ive got a harbor freight bender so the dyes are for pipe, plus pipe is easier to come by for me than tube. Ive made several sliders and bumpers out of 1.25 pipe and they held up fine, just never used the 1" stuff before.

[Motorcharge]

The two big differences are

 

1. pipe is measured inner diameter where tube is measured outer. 1" pipe is not 1" outer diameter.

 

and 2. pipe is rated for internal pressure where tube is rated for external force. Pipe is much more brittle and it will break, not just bend on rocks. For sliders you really don't need to bend tube. Just cut it at angles, you've only got two ends per side that need to be angled. You can 45 the ends and imo it matches the body lines better than bent tube does.

 

You can also bend tube in the HF pipe benders. Just pack it full of sand and get a bigger piece of tube and cut it as a top piece for the die. The big problem you run into with the HF benders is kinking because it naturally wants to push the tube out of the die as it bends which makes it kink instead. If you build a little cap for the die it will hold the tube in place so that doesn't happen. Plus we're talking about pretty shallow bends here, it's not like you're building a cage. If it kinks a little on sliders it's not really going to matter.

[AZRick]

What are ur opinions? Too small? Reason I ask is the mj is on 33's and I'm not going anything bigger. I figured the 1" sch 40 pipe would tuck a little closer to the rockers since it's only on 33's.

 

Or would you go ahead and build everything out of 1.25" pipe?

 

If anyone has some 1" sliders or bumpers post some pics!

 

33s are more of a reason to build adequate sliders, you are going to bash into more rocks/stumps/whatevers than if you were on 35s or bigger.

2" square .25 wall, and 1.75 DOM .120 wall, does the trick rather well. Pipe will not survive getting bashed on the rocks.

 

 

[Motorcharge]

On the other hand. You could weld in 2x6x.25 rockers and use pipe for steps. If you bash up the pipe, who cares. You've still got plenty of protection from the 2x6. 2x6 tied in properly is going to protect you more than sliders ever will.