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#1 · May 7, 2023, 7:41 pm

Wondering if anyone know where I can get these at a reasonable price. Maybe it's just me. But $80 seems excessive.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/225163426028?hash=item346cc938ec%3Ag%3AIwsAAOSwmyNjIf5v&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4LoYX2%2B2qicxbjeAbHsewza6pyD0GL7m0EG72p1FOJzZGtVYA0XQCYvjmopq4M3hvdcvGq8FnbT%2BQRj2e9Z12lbywtzzWcvZ0tqwGodd84dQeNZf7P6MCZ989%2FZoP%2B7U61%2Bf3k2J%2FXiNABRBDu1D48hnSiy%2BMgIG1hl51WOBHrOT2MSP4waKPqwWjml9slDfcHt8zQDDUxyPlOT5WaHNgbtgml1fOVbKPab8%2BqCanR8XR1NTFZRnBAAhRCFj1BJkAWoFsRBP4cTUqNa5nNNQnGuOF4Su0%2FLQLx1FJwiJQFkd%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-KbgIj_YQ&fbclid=IwAR1ctU_n8JFH6njkGtQR1LJGFmXagMqtBrxFB3E_7TAbYmq6eyhvCaBMasw

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#2 · May 7, 2023, 11:34 pm

Yes, contact: https://florida-sidecar-products.com/collections/motorcycle-sidecar-mounts

He is very good to work with, and prices are much more reasonable.

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#3 · May 8, 2023, 3:35 pm

Thanks

#4 · June 6, 2023, 11:50 pm

The guy selling that clevis bolt on ebay is the same guy in florida that sells CSC new old stock parts. His prices are higher than a Cat's A$$. Taking advantage of Supply and demand I guess. There aint all that much demand, but they aint making any more CSC bits. I would check with Texas Sidecars, they may have some clevis mounts .

Rick

#5 · June 7, 2023, 7:04 am

Mcmaster-Carr has them also.

https://www.mcmaster.com/products/clevises/externally-threaded-clevis-rod-ends/

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#6 · June 7, 2023, 7:14 am

Grainger would have it as well. Grainger Industrial Supply - MRO Products, Equipment and Tools

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#7 · June 8, 2023, 6:11 pm

Sorry I haven't replied. I was having log in issue's.

The only thing about the ones from Mcmaster-Carr, and Grainger is they are a lot shorter.

My strut body was trashed anyway so I came up with a work around, so to speak.

My buddy has a hot rod/machine shop. He builds drag car that are $$$$$. He had some struts lying around. They were actually too long. So we machined off some off each end and was able to make them work. I was then able to use the shorter clevis bolts from Mcmaster-Carr. The neat thing is these have a left and right threads. So I don't have to remove any bolts to adjust them. Just loosen the jamb nuts and use an adjustable wrench on the strut body.

The good thing is the struts were free. I also got all 4 clevis bolts for the price of just 1 csc one.

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#8 · June 9, 2023, 9:53 am

Glad to see you were able to get it worked out

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