Quote from: ascaw on September 09, 2017, 11:45:57 AMSARgo1, you may want to consider over engineering it for the added weight of the gear you plan on having onboard and the added weight of the suspension. Also it will help in the future when you decide you want some more HP, say 50 or so. Easier to do it now rather than later.Bingo, ascaw. you hit it right on the head. Over engineer it, you don't want to work on it all the time.For a good independent suspension you have to have floating outer axles for the wheels to movestraight up and down through the travel of the wheels.If you use u-joints you end up with the suspension of a VW swing axle.The tires will fold up under you when you catch air or in a turn.You also end up riding on the sides of your tires.If you have to change a u-joint you'll have to take every thing apart to change one.I have never had to change a CV joint in 10 yrs on any of our Springers.That is why I use CV joints, but if I did have to change one this is how it is done.
SARgo1, you may want to consider over engineering it for the added weight of the gear you plan on having onboard and the added weight of the suspension. Also it will help in the future when you decide you want some more HP, say 50 or so. Easier to do it now rather than later.
They are 3/16 thick cold roll plate.
Quote from: WFO on September 04, 2017, 05:40:01 PMhey Whipper weren't the ones on the front of GOLIATH from a kawasaki sidexside and the rears are 200 lb coils on a rhino rear shock.but you get the point SARgo1. they have to be short enough and stoutNo they were all front shocks remember we had to buy after market heavier springs for the front.I don,t think alum side plates will work, they would have or be twice as thick and a lot harder to work. With. Watch some of the under car videos and you can see the side plate flex.Whipper
hey Whipper weren't the ones on the front of GOLIATH from a kawasaki sidexside and the rears are 200 lb coils on a rhino rear shock.but you get the point SARgo1. they have to be short enough and stout