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« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2008, 10:02:55 PM »
i used a buddies camera to take these tonite.. i fianlly let the rear end down to test the springs.. my lightest setting is way to light.. my stiffest is great.







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« Reply #16 on: September 22, 2008, 06:47:27 AM »
Man! Don't take this personal but your shop looks about as bad as mine! ;D WAAAAY too many things to build to organize the thing. :)  Buggy's looking good BTW.
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« Reply #17 on: September 22, 2008, 11:11:29 AM »
its my dads shop. they stopped farming, and a brother in law and a farm helper who lived on the property died. so all of their stuff was packed into this shop. along with all my dads carpentry and wood working things. it was packed completley full. we cleaned it for about a week to get the area open enough for me to work on my buggy.  just so much junk in there.
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« Reply #18 on: September 22, 2008, 11:15:20 AM »
also, am i gonna run into problems with the axle pivot being out so far from where the arms pivot? i think i may have a problem with the axles. they seem like they are over extended a little bit, like they are pulling out of the socket or whatever.
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« Reply #19 on: September 23, 2008, 07:47:59 PM »
The pivot is a concern of mine.Got some better pics of it though? I'd get those boots off of the cv's ,clean them well.put a little light oil on them and assemble the things without the boots.Then I'd check out their operation. Better to find out now if there's an issue than later.
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Re: *the everything from scratch buggy- by voodoo*
« Reply #20 on: September 23, 2008, 08:15:27 PM »
they look to short in the pics...
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« Reply #21 on: September 24, 2008, 10:53:44 AM »
they are all bolted in in those pics.. how do they look to short? like they are over extended?
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Re: *the everything from scratch buggy- by voodoo*
« Reply #22 on: September 24, 2008, 01:08:02 PM »
Looks like the axle is pulling the tripod out to far, the boot is all streched outward...
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« Reply #23 on: September 24, 2008, 01:11:08 PM »
I'd have to agree.That's why you need to at least get the boots off one of the axles to be able to see exactly what is happening.
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« Reply #24 on: September 24, 2008, 01:14:52 PM »
thats what i thought when i was looking at them. they looked like they were being pulled out to far.  they are fine when they are straight, thats how i had them when i measured for my a arms.  when they cycle down, such as at ride height, they seem to pull out quite a bit.  my plan was to exten the axles an inch. i supposed this weekend ill pull the boots and check everything.
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« Reply #25 on: September 24, 2008, 01:21:19 PM »
As long as the tripod bearings are inside the cup, flush or what have you they will be fine, IMO, I would rebuild the a arms before i messed with axles, I think you will be far better off that way, now if you were talking 6" longer then yes make some, But not for an 1" IMO...
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« Reply #26 on: September 24, 2008, 01:46:12 PM »
so it would be better to just cut the arms where they meet the hub bracket and shorten them an inch, if need be. rather than the axles?.    well im pretty sure they are pulled out to far because i can feel a ball shaped thing inside the boot. like its poking outside the cup..   
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Re: *the everything from scratch buggy- by voodoo*
« Reply #27 on: September 24, 2008, 02:49:47 PM »
Imo I would make the stock axles fit the car, yes...Just IMO tho...
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« Reply #28 on: September 24, 2008, 02:50:54 PM »
Take a new picture of the center, maybe you could just move the cups outward a 1"? Looks like you have them bolted on right?
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« Reply #29 on: September 24, 2008, 03:49:47 PM »
Doing that is going to increase the amount of max misalignment .Do you have the extra degrees of misalignment available to do so?
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