WOW! nice details, most people couldnt even appreciate what it took to line things up so the hanger is out front like that and the johny joint is incorporated in the tube behind it. nice work larry!
its taken me 3 weeks just to french in a set of 1/4 elip springs
looking good so far..keep the pics comming, you know we all like pics are those johnny joints you have built into the frame for the rear of the front springs??
It will be a triangulated four link with Fox coilovers and Johnny Joints. I built my own hydraulic bender that uses Hossfield dies. I use both a Williams Low-buck shear type notcher for 0 to 15 degree copes and a Harbor Freight hole saw notcher for steeper notches. The tubing is 1 1/2"x.120" HREW. Pretty much all of the 1 1/2" is done, most of the rest that will be added is 1 1/4" and 1"x.120".
Actually, I'm glad I waited as long as I did. The sport has changed so much, and I have learned alot in the last two years. We are doing stuff I never would have imagined. I have a much better idea of what I want in a chassis now. I did start another one a couple of years ago, but it was an antique by the time I was nearly done with it so I sold it.
That's almost as impressive as all of those tubes with bends in three dimensions. Although, I suppose a bender isn't really as complicated as they seem... Kind of a "line it up and weld it where it needs to be" type of thing?
I use both a Williams Low-buck shear type notcher for 0 to 15 degree copes and a Harbor Freight hole saw notcher for steeper notches.
I looked into the williams low-buck unit a while back. The price made the "low-buck" title seem like a cruel, misleading joke... but you get what you pay for, and the HF one leaves a wee bit to be desired at times.
Oh, almost forgot... I would gusset that front spring hanger!... :flipoff2: I'm sure you were gonna leave it like that.
Thanks for the encouragement everyone. Jay, I hope I can come close to the workmanship on your buggy. I'll post periodic updates. Steal ideas as you want everyone. Where do you think I got them?
:flipoff2: arent all our rigs a combination of personal preference and the combined ideas of the congregation here on pirate?
cant wait to see it in action at the jambo!
:flipoff2: arent all our rigs a combination of personal preference and the combined ideas of the congregation here on pirate?
cant wait to see it in action at the jambo!
Yah Paul, fuckin Mossberg
Oh well, as of the other night, im startin to look like zags! wont be until after the jambo tho. One more run for the jiggamathinga. cant wait to see your rig zags, I really like.
was just wondering what the measurement was from the front hanger to the johnny joint?? do you have any particular spring you was planning on using?? thanks for the info
was just wondering what the measurement was from the front hanger to the johnny joint?? do you have any particular spring you was planning on using?? thanks for the info
I am using All Pro 1.5" longer than stock, 4" lift springs inboarded 2" from stock. I may need to pull a leaf to get the ride height I want though. This rig should only weigh 2300 lbs. or so.
it is 46" between the hanger and the Johnny joint. I wouldn't recomend using a Johnny Joint on the front springs unless you are using full hydro steering though, as a drag link may cause excessive axle side to side movement.
Originally posted by lizard lips
Looks good, are you also going to get the jonny joints built into the rear?
This makes no less than four, count 'em, four AZ tube rigs in the works at once- zags, pmurf1, splatt, and my own. I love it. Its a sickness we can only hope keeps spreading. Awesome.
This makes no less than four, count 'em, four AZ tube rigs in the works at once- zags, pmurf1, splatt, and my own. I love it. Its a sickness we can only hope keeps spreading. Awesome.
Chris, are you going to keep your runner street legal?
Mark
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