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<![CDATA[MiniBuggy.Net: The Ultimate Off-Road Buggy Community - Suspension - Wheels & Tires]]> http://www.minibuggy.net/forum All things suspension, wheel and tire talk for off-road buggies and sand rails en Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:44:26 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/images/lustrous/misc/rss.jpg <![CDATA[MiniBuggy.Net: The Ultimate Off-Road Buggy Community - Suspension - Wheels & Tires]]> http://www.minibuggy.net/forum Ideas for a trail buggy http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13786-ideas-trail-buggy.html Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:49:08 GMT Hey guys I'm new to the site. I'm planning a build for a trail buggy, I want this thing to be tough. I'm planning a long travel A arm set up for the front. I'm thinking like 18 inches or so of travel. I'm planning on running some pretty big knobby tires on it too.

I haven't decided on a rear suspension design yet. I'm leaning away from an A arm set up in the rear, for simplicity and endurance. I think a trailing arm suspension will be best, but you can try and change my mind if you think A arms would be better.

I want to be able to jump this thing pretty hard without worrying about breaking anything. Check this guys video out, around 5.45 he jumps his buggy pretty hard, I want mine to land like this. Watch his whole video, his buggy is pretty awesome.

Thanks guys.

YouTube - my custom long travel mini buggy



Mod. can you move this, I didn't realize there was a forum for suspension. ]]> new2blazers http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13786-ideas-trail-buggy.html Drill holes in holeless rims http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13748-drill-holes-holeless-rims.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:01:46 GMT Hello, For my Badland ST2 build I bought tires and rims. For the rear I use a Volkswagen VR6 rear drive line with a 5/100 bolting pattern. Here in... Hello,

For my Badland ST2 build I bought tires and rims.

For the rear I use a Volkswagen VR6 rear drive line with a 5/100 bolting pattern.
Here in The Netherlands you can't buy rims with that bolting pattern.. not from quads:mad:

So I bought holeless rims. But do you guys know how I can drill these? In a machineshop? Or CNC milling? Please advise:o


The front bolting pattern is 4x156 from the wheel hubs I ordered from The Edge.
The problem I have now is that these 4 holes are a bit to small. I will drill them a 0.5mm size bigger.
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]]> ErwinBnl http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13748-drill-holes-holeless-rims.html Want To Buy Shocks http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13734-want-buy-shocks.html Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:26:36 GMT Does anyone have a set of used shocks for sale, I need to buy some. THANKS Does anyone have a set of used shocks for sale, I need to buy some.

THANKS ]]> dirtreaper http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13734-want-buy-shocks.html adding shock oil http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13714-adding-shock-oil.html Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:20:19 GMT I went to add oil to my nitrogen shocks today and 1 of the four produced quit a bit of oil out of the valve after the pressure had been drained. Is... I went to add oil to my nitrogen shocks today and 1 of the four produced quit a bit of oil out of the valve after the pressure had been drained. Is this a sign of a bad seal or shim? ]]> sandracer1 http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13714-adding-shock-oil.html Rear Inner Pivot Angle http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13679-rear-inner-pivot-angle.html Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:59:39 GMT Ok. Mainly this is directed for you Tut more out of wonder than out of a technical need. Your A-Arm car looks wonderful. I was looking at the... Ok. Mainly this is directed for you Tut more out of wonder than out of a technical need.

Your A-Arm car looks wonderful. I was looking at the pictures of your rear trailing arms in the jig. My question is this; if you are building custom arms and pivot housings, why use the stock inner pivot angle? Your pivot housing seems to be wider than stock, so why retain the stock pivot angles?

The reason I ask is that each person has their own reasons for their madness, but a stock angle has a lot of camber change when your talking long travel. Its roughly 1/2 degree per inch of travel. That seems excessive. With a wider housing, you can use a pivot angle of 5 degrees and your able to tune your camber gain by rotating the pivot mount around the pivot tube. I have included a picture of my Manx pivot tube and rear arms to show how mine is setup. I haven't fully installed it, so I have not decided how much camber I want initially, but the nice thing is that I can tune how much i gain, from zero to what ever.

This is just more about being curious because I see so many different set ups from a strait housing with no angles to stock, Ect.


]]> KrunchWorkz http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13679-rear-inner-pivot-angle.html plate thickness http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13676-plate-thickness.html Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:56:53 GMT I am going to get some of my plate work for my rear bearing carriers and front up rights laser cut. What thickness of plate should I use. Would... I am going to get some of my plate work for my rear bearing carriers and front up rights laser cut. What thickness of plate should I use. Would 3/16ths be strong enough or would 1/4 be better. For the small amount of plate that there is going to be, going with 3/16th probably would'nt save that much weight I guess:confused: ]]> Stomper http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13676-plate-thickness.html VW Torsion Housing http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13672-vw-torsion-housing.html Wed, 11 Aug 2010 23:16:28 GMT What is the width of a stock VW torsion housing and what is the diameter of the aftermarket housings? Krunch What is the width of a stock VW torsion housing and what is the diameter of the aftermarket housings?


Krunch ]]> KrunchWorkz http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13672-vw-torsion-housing.html How much does a UTV tire compress? http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13671-how-much-does-utv-tire-compress.html Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:19:57 GMT I've read on the forum to allow for compression in UTV style tires when calculating ground clearance at full bump.

Does anyone here have experience with UTV tires? If so how much do you think I should allow for them to "compress" when designing the shock mounts?

Thanks. ]]> intfit http://www.minibuggy.net/forum/suspension-wheels-tires/13671-how-much-does-utv-tire-compress.html