Question for the Shrockwork slider owners
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CoolMax
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Had to use mine as a hilift jack point to fix a blown bead on the K-Trail (OK-AR)
Yes. The powder coat will be scraped a little but that's unavoidable. Good news is shrockworks has some of the best powder coat I have ever seen.
Coating aside, any reason to worry they might get bent by the lift of all that weight on a single point? I've seen some recovery vids with a T4R using a hilift on sliders and it looked like there was quite a bit of travel from them. The video didn't show if they rebounded back or remained in a bent up position.
PWD4R
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They're designed to hold the weight of your vehicle
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Sorry to keep beating a dead horse on this question, but I just want to make sure we're in alignment on this one.
I understand that the sliders as a whole can handle the weight of the vehicle distributed out over the length of the slider, but are they able to withstand having all the weight bearing down on a single point of the slider without the whole thing bending/deforming?
jwkilgore
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Any slider worthy of the name can support the half the weight of the vehicle (or more) at a single point. Whether that is a jack, a stump, or a pointy rock is irrelevant. I don't personally have Shrockworks sliders, but if they didn't work you would be able to find dozens of complaints on this board.
It's possible the videos you are talking about were with sub-par homemade tube sliders? Link?
That said, they are sliders, not slammers. It's possible they will dent if you slam down on a point. But jacking should be no problem, as long as you have the proper jack cradle to keep the jack from slipping on the tube.
It's possible the videos you are talking about were with sub-par homemade tube sliders? Link?
That said, they are sliders, not slammers. It's possible they will dent if you slam down on a point. But jacking should be no problem, as long as you have the proper jack cradle to keep the jack from slipping on the tube.
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BlackWorksInc
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Are you sure you didn't see something like "N-Fab Nerfbars" that look like sliders but are actually mounted to the body like running boards?
Sliders are designed to be an extension of the vehicle frame to protect the body panels from damage.
This is my 4Runner from an "oopsie" I made when I was off-roading (forgot to hook left hard when going over a rock to avoid this collapsed lava tube) my vehicle is sitting on the slider and the skid plate in that picture and one tire in the front and that's it. Those are CBI "Bolt-On" Slides that use a U-Channel to bolt around the frame (I believe the SW design is similar if I remember right).
By the way that's after they slammed onto the rocks (they're scratched up but fine) So any quality Slider is going to be fine as long as it's installed properly and designed well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFAyCa4vFoo
There's the video I was thinking of. When they hilift on the slider, the whole thing seems to bend upwards.
There's the video I was thinking of. When they hilift on the slider, the whole thing seems to bend upwards.
jwkilgore
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Those sliders functioned perfectly. They are hanging a long way out from the frame and made from relatively small tubes, so they WILL flex under load. Unless you make them massively heavy, which is pointless unless you are planning on slamming them into rock repeatedly.
It's the difference between elastic (temporary - it springs back) vs. plastic (permanent bend) flexing that generated a lot of angst in another thread for some reason.
It's the difference between elastic (temporary - it springs back) vs. plastic (permanent bend) flexing that generated a lot of angst in another thread for some reason.
