How do you lower the carbon x armrests?

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i saw the pics of the modified carbon x that francois is selling, and i can’t figure out how he dropped the armrests on top of the base bar. can someone elaborate on the process?

thanks…

3

so you take off the ZB bracket (the one with the three mounting holes for the armrests) and the U-shaped brackets that would hold the extensions if mounted on top. okay… that’s easy.

now what do you do with the two long bolts (~3") that hold the bottom U-shaped brackets which hold the extensions on the bottom of the wing? i doesn’t appear that these would lay flush if you use them to mount the armrests.

what am i missing here?

5

there was a treat a few months ago were this was discussed

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?post=62014;search_string=carbon%20x%20tuning;#62014
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doh… i searched for something on this and came up empty. thanks for the link, sergio.

francois… thanks in advance for posting some pics too. much appreciated…

7

i think i’ve got this, but there are a few inconsistencies…

  1. i didn’t have to enlarge any of the holes on the armcups, although i’ve read that other have had to. the bolts went through just fine.

  2. here’s the layering: 3" bolt goes through an added washer, the armcup, another washer, the basebar, and then the bottom U-bracket. there’s only a mm or two sticking out from below the bracket. however, the bolt head resides about 5 or 6mm above the armcup, which seems rather odd. i’ve put the pad over it and it doesn’t seem to protrude through the padding.

do these sound right?

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Thats correct!!. Of course that there is another bolt that doesn´t go trough the armcup