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PostPosted: Yesterday 4:38 pm    Post subject: Bowden tube mounting Reply with quote

What are you guys doing for Bowden tube mounting in a tube frame car? I can plug it in to the transmission hole on the front but I have nothing for the other end.
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PostPosted: Yesterday 5:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Bowden tube mounting Reply with quote

Ive had / run a couple that didnt have the front of the tube mounted. Even like that it was better than no tube at all
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PostPosted: Yesterday 9:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Bowden tube mounting Reply with quote

Find a spot on the chassis that you can mimic the “bow”. Then fabricate your own. A piece of tubing that the Bowden Tube fits will work. Then weld it in place.
On a lot of tube chassis cars, everything is custom or handmade.
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PostPosted: Today 7:44 am    Post subject: Re: Bowden tube mounting Reply with quote

Tube frame cars are fabrication projects..... Fabricat what you need....
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PostPosted: Today 8:27 am    Post subject: Re: Bowden tube mounting Reply with quote

You running solid mounts or something else? Never had a need, even my baja's had solid mounts and straps. The only thing moving then is my foot on the pedal.
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PostPosted: Today 11:19 am    Post subject: Re: Bowden tube mounting Reply with quote

I figured I'd have to make something, I was just wondering what everyone else came up with is all. I'm running rubber mounts that have maybe an hour of running time on them.
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PostPosted: Today 1:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Bowden tube mounting Reply with quote

I cobbled the forward end of my bowden tube, using 4 hose clamps around a couple small roll'd up pieces of sheet metal:

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Check out this far more elegant adjustable solution:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8018955
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