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Alright, the buggy has been a blast for the past 9months and Im looking forward to this year and all the tuning , testing, changing has in store for good times ! Im gonna start with what Im up to on the rig right now and the things I have planned for it early this year. NONE of which I want to miss any riding for. I feel comfortable enough with the buggy and its reliability at this point that missing a ride will only be a matter of me deciding to do something else, like spending some time with my girls !
Anyway, here is how the thing started out.... yuck laughing1
Lots of things have changed, been altered, tweaked, fixed and forgotten since the buggy moved under its own April 21st 08. The most recent correction made was the steering Orbital change. Initially it had a horrible 6 turns lock to lock Then I went the typical cheap ass role I do and put a steering quickner on it, that got it to 3 lock to lock but required a bit more arm to make it all happen and after several months of wheeling like that , I got a little extra money up and decided to make the move to an orbital actually designed to be put in my application ( and not the free 1950's combine orbital I had ran for so many years ! )
Yesterday I took it out for the first time with this orbital and MAN I could kick myself for waiting as long as I did. I took it down the road at way more speed then would be recommended , and in the trails it was wonderful and took no real effort on my part to put it were I wanted it. Im at 2.5 turns lock to lock and cant imagine ever going back ! Im in the process of curing another steering issue I've had from being cheap, and thats being hi-steer. I modded and installed the arm's I got from my buddy Chad that he fabricated and will be making a tierod and and all that this week to get it into effect. Here's the arm's . I want to fab something off the side of them to run a long 3/4 bolt through the stock knuckle TRE hole's and tie them in out at the tierod to help ease the "shear" force these knuckles see in full hydro application.
Anyway, here is how the thing started out.... yuck laughing1
Lots of things have changed, been altered, tweaked, fixed and forgotten since the buggy moved under its own April 21st 08. The most recent correction made was the steering Orbital change. Initially it had a horrible 6 turns lock to lock Then I went the typical cheap ass role I do and put a steering quickner on it, that got it to 3 lock to lock but required a bit more arm to make it all happen and after several months of wheeling like that , I got a little extra money up and decided to make the move to an orbital actually designed to be put in my application ( and not the free 1950's combine orbital I had ran for so many years ! )
Yesterday I took it out for the first time with this orbital and MAN I could kick myself for waiting as long as I did. I took it down the road at way more speed then would be recommended , and in the trails it was wonderful and took no real effort on my part to put it were I wanted it. Im at 2.5 turns lock to lock and cant imagine ever going back ! Im in the process of curing another steering issue I've had from being cheap, and thats being hi-steer. I modded and installed the arm's I got from my buddy Chad that he fabricated and will be making a tierod and and all that this week to get it into effect. Here's the arm's . I want to fab something off the side of them to run a long 3/4 bolt through the stock knuckle TRE hole's and tie them in out at the tierod to help ease the "shear" force these knuckles see in full hydro application.