SXOR single seater build

chaplinfj60 · Mar 4, 2025

cool cool. about where i am putting my front also. carry on and thanks for the updates

hokie_yj · Mar 4, 2025

chaplinfj60 said:
cool cool. about where i am putting my front also. carry on and thanks for the updates

Could probably get away with less caster on a buggy but 6-8* is usually a good place to shoot for.

hokie_yj · Mar 17, 2025

I got the new C on this morning before work. It went on easy, with no facepalm moments.

hokie_yj · May 8, 2025

So it's been almost two months, not much progress. There was also 5 weeks straight of 12hr shifts mixed in there too. :laughing: One morning last week I got the track bar mount tacked in place but I forgot to take pictures. Tuesday morning before work I drove down and picked up the 3rds from @Jody Treadway. Props to him for doing an amazing job on them and also storing them for weeks until I could get there to pick them up. Today I got a couple nice boxes from Branik via Lee Ravenel at Partially Committed Racing.

Next up I need to get the BK King Joints welded in the knuckles and the knuckles on the axle so I can mount the ram and measure for tie rods. Then I need to replace the temporary upper link mount with something permanent.

ridered3 · May 8, 2025

Thems some good looking pile-o-parts!

TBItoy · May 9, 2025

hokie_yj · May 12, 2025

I hit the shop this morning before work with a plan to install the 3rd in the rear axle and slide in the shafts and drive flanges. I quickly realized I wasn't man enough to wrestle the 3rd into the housing laying on a creeper. I can't get it to the lift right now so I repositioned my jack stands, unbolted the shocks and upper links and rolled the housing back. I was able to drop the 3rd in that way, but after all that it was time to head to work. So in the morning I'll bolt the axle back up and slide the shafts in and put the drive flanges on. Aside from gear oil and bleeding the brakes the rear end will be done.

ridered3 · May 12, 2025

@hokie_yj nothing like some disassembly during reassembly!

hokie_yj · Tuesday at 7:44 PM

Minor setback this morning. I got the rear end bolted back in place. Started putting the shafts in and the long side shaft is 1" shorter than what I ordered. I've already talked to Lee at PCR and he called Branik. They said to send it back and they'll get an another one headed my way. Pretty good of them IMO since they could've told me to eat it since it's been so long since I ordered them.