Author Topic: How to design a new suspension linkage (Read 19718 times)

fearlessfred · « **Reply #45 on:** February 08, 2014, 02:11:44 PM »

Glad to see you posting again Troy and Andy

Allison#51 · « **Reply #46 on:** February 08, 2014, 02:14:51 PM »

Very cool. I hope this can lead to some new parts!

havinnoj · « **Reply #47 on:** February 08, 2014, 04:09:02 PM »

Quote from: Allison#51;25126

Very cool. I hope this can lead to some new parts!

Yeah would be very cool to just have a billet factory linkage replacement option! Andy.. hint hint

andy@maultechatv · « **Reply #48 on:** February 09, 2014, 10:33:27 AM »

Quote from: havinnoj;25134

Yeah would be very cool to just have a billet factory linkage replacement option! Andy.. hint hint

If I get someone close to me that would like to do the conversion then I would be willing to tackle it.

Hawaiiysr · « **Reply #49 on:** February 09, 2014, 11:31:49 AM »

Somebody please send this man a frame!

andy@maultechatv · « **Reply #50 on:** February 09, 2014, 02:14:48 PM »

Here's the problems we came up with last time we started doing this on the R. The clearances were less than I'd like to see with 20" rear tires for the proper up travel of the rear tires. It would work great with 18" tires but not so much with over 20" tires

Exhaust clearance

Airbox clearance

Chain and sprocket clearance

havinnoj · « **Reply #51 on:** February 09, 2014, 02:22:37 PM »

Yeah that doesn't look too good.. Would be interesting to see what length extended swingarm would get around this (+6 for example).

Turftamer · « **Reply #52 on:** February 09, 2014, 03:03:07 PM »

What about with center mount exhaust and airbox eliminator?

andy@maultechatv · « **Reply #53 on:** February 09, 2014, 04:54:54 PM »

I had a customer that had the ESR center mount exhaust and it was way worse than stock for clearance.

Allison#51 · « **Reply #54 on:** February 09, 2014, 08:08:06 PM »

I'm running 18" tires and I can raise my exhaust and airbox. Coolant overflow is up front now.. So can you make me a link? Pretty please

JoePA · « **Reply #55 on:** February 10, 2014, 07:27:21 AM »

With posts like these and the members we have here...why would you want to own a 450!! Great job Anday and Troy. Looking forward to seeing this project finally get the proper linkage.

troybilt · « **Reply #56 on:** February 10, 2014, 09:44:01 AM »

I can't take credit for anything, Andy is the one building links and setting up shocks. All I'm able to do is calculate leverage ratio curves, % rise in rate, and draw up stuff in Solidworks. I'll delete my pics.

rablack21 · « **Reply #57 on:** February 10, 2014, 11:36:50 AM »

Andy, I can't speak for the entire group, but for the group racing mx, the majority of us are running 18" tires already and I would even go as far as to say we deleted the coolant overflow bottle. I know I have. There are always sacrifices or limitations when it comes to achieving something like this. If you could make some sort of LT linkage or some linkage that would allow a 450r swinger to work, I think there would be several of us that would be all for it, especially us doing mx.

05450r · « **Reply #58 on:** February 10, 2014, 11:57:30 AM »

Maybe you guys should just buy 450r's! :fighting0061:

troybilt · « **Reply #59 on:** February 10, 2014, 01:14:54 PM »

Quote from: 05450r;25251

Maybe you guys should just buy 450r's! :fighting0061:

...Or better yet stick the R motors in 450r chassis's and not look back... :quad: