New guy Nova Scotia Canada

[sodman]

Thanks for the welcome this site is fantasic lots of great ideas and people thanhs again
sodman

[sodman]

To rowycoracing I'm power the sabertooth with a 500 cc Polaris 4 wheeler engine And transmission. Did the buggy trun out better than you thought or have you had trouble with it ,or any componant of it. I'm just wondering /hoping the buggy work well when completed Thanks for the welcome this site is a welth of ideas
Sodman

[rowycoracing]

Originally Posted by sodman

To rowycoracing I'm power the sabertooth with a 500 cc Polaris 4 wheeler engine And transmission. Did the buggy trun out better than you thought or have you had trouble with it ,or any componant of it. I'm just wondering /hoping the buggy work well when completed Thanks for the welcome this site is a welth of ideas
Sodman

I redesigned the suspension a bit right from the start. I made it a little wider, added some travel and added Fox dual rate coil over shocks. Once it was finished I had to reinforce the steering arms, they bent right away. I started out with a 500 cc snowmobile engine and the center drive shaft design in the ST2 plans couldn't hold up to it. It twisted and bent the very first ride. I redesigned that with a much stronger design made from splined shaft and went with type 4 Cv's and bug axles in place of the u-joints and mild steel keyed shafts called for in the plans. That has held up for years, even after I swapped in a 600 cc GSXR engine. Finally I replaced the front lower heims because it was clear that the ones i started out with (the ones shown in the plans) weren't going to hold up more than a few hours of desert riding. I used upsized good quality chrome moly ones with high misalignment spacers... Since these mods the buggy has been completely reliable. That is a pic of it jumping at Beverly Dunes in my avitar ... I have beat on it pretty hard and it has been fine.

[yoshi]

I'd rethink the spindle/hub setup. The current kingpin inclination is producing a huge amount of scrub, and it's gonna be a lot harder to turn, plus the spindle snouts are really long and there is a lot of leverage on them....

[anasasisxenophontis]

What is scrub?

[madmachinist77]

Looks very nice so far.
What part of N.S ya from , im in P.E.I
Howdy!

[DrakAttack]

Blair from So CA and good luck on your build

[Gene]

Follow this link to rorty's site to find all the answers to the terms being used for suspension geometry.
Ed McCannick