Ttowntoolman

I have a monster truck that I break a dog bone with every time I run it. The brand of monster truck is really not relevant because I am sure there are others that have had these issues. I am breaking dog bones because of abuse and miss-use. I always have this truck in the air....things happen. The tires are too big and heavy for the dog bones to hold up. When a bone breaks, both halves fall out of the truck and get lost.

Anyway, there was a thread on here somewhere that talked about dog bone lengths etc.... someone chimed in about cutting and sleeving as a method to achieve an odd dog bone length. That very someone gave me the idea to use the sleeve method, but in a different way. I now take two broken bones, cut them somewhere in the middle of the length so the two pieces together add up to the desired length. Place the sleeve over each of the cut pieces so there is a half inch of sleeve on each bone hunk. Now I take and drill through the sleeve and the bone half and insert a roll pin through them. Repeat for the other half. What is left is a complete dog bone with an inch long sleeve in the center. Each half of the bone is pinned through the sleeve. Next time you break this bone, the pin breaks that was through the sleeve and the bone half. This leaves the broken bone in place on the truck so you can remove and replace the pin.

So now I can break all the bones I want, all I have to do is replace a roll pin. So far, a real good upgrade. Thanks for the idea, whoever gave it to me!

Tank-119

why not try a steel dog bone?

Ttowntoolman

I am using steel dog bones, actually using heavy duty steel dog bones. I am not using this method anymore as the roll pins break way to easily...... This idea enables you to keep the broken chunks to put back together but the fix is weaker than the original dog bones..... FAIL.