BeerJ's BuzzBuggy Build-o-rama!

iron lotus · Jul 9, 2016

This thing is looking sharp.. :****: just curious as to how you built those high steer arms on your knuckles? Awesome work tho..

Beerj · Jul 9, 2016

iron lotus said:
This thing is looking sharp.. :****: just curious as to how you built those high steer arms on your knuckles? Awesome work tho..

Thanks man. The arms came from Jessie Haines. Hit him up on pirate and he'll hook you up.

Beerj · Jul 10, 2016

Alrighty, like I said, I'm kinda (totally) winging it here. I've gotten advice from a bunch of people regarding design. Mostly from guys on here and maybe some from one of the biggest names in rock racing. The pics up there ^^^^ are at full bump. The following are ride height, full droop, and full articulation. In that order.
None of the heims are maxed out and as far as I can tell, it cycles smoothly. Ran the numbers through the calc and they all look good, so I've been told. Anti-squat is on the upper end but it doesn't take much adjustment to the CoG to make it swing either way so I'm not sure how much faith I have in the accuracy there. Also, with just hose clamps snugging the links to the rod ends, nothing is pulling apart. Aside from doing this all again with tires and shocks on, is it safe to say I might be in good shape?

iron lotus · Jul 10, 2016

Looking good man.. sorry to keep asking about it but I was wondering if you had to preheat and post heat the knuckles or what kind of tricks you used?

Beerj · Jul 10, 2016

iron lotus said:
Looking good man.. sorry to keep asking about it but I was wondering if you had to preheat and post heat the knuckles or what kind of tricks you used?

No worries. I heated them to about 400°, Mig'd them in hot, hammer peened them and let them cool in a welding blanket. If I remember correctly, there's something like 20+ inches of weld bead holding each one to the knuckle and they're double shear with the factory tie rod hole, which needs to be opened up to 7/8ths. I'm hoping they hold.

iron lotus · Jul 10, 2016

They look awesome, that is the route I'm gonna have to go with mine, that's why I'm asking.. I'm in the process of cutting out some of the chunk right now for my lower link mounts..

Beerj · Jul 10, 2016

As long as they work they'll be worth it. Not quite as easy as just bolting on some arms but I'd rather save a few bucks and do a little work.

Beerj · Jul 12, 2016

If pvc works for links then surely zip ties should do for the shocks

pholmann · Jul 12, 2016

Looking good brother. It's crazy how quick it goes from this point on.

Beerj · Jul 12, 2016

Thanks man, I hope you're right. At what point would you say it's safe to order links? I like the numbers and nothing binds. Can't really see what could/should change at this point.

pholmann · Jul 12, 2016

You should be safe.

chef717 · Jul 13, 2016

see some nice builds on here... this is absolutely one of them !!

Beerj · Jul 13, 2016

chef717 said:
see some nice builds on here... this is absolutely one of them !!

Thanks a lot. I've gotta say, you've got something pretty sweet going on as well. :dblthumb:

Beerj · Jul 20, 2016

Got a bunch of parts in. Still waiting on a couple of parts before I can start the front end. Hoping to get the rear shocks mounted this weekend if I don't melt first. Shout out to WOD for the super fast turnaround. 2" uppers, 2.25" lowers.

And a shout out to Liu Sheng Jing for making some cheap stainless headers that I should have no problem making work. Almost like they were made for this thing.

Im84 · Jul 20, 2016

Gonna be drool

pholmann · Jul 20, 2016

Hurry your Yankee ass up so we can ride together. :flipoff1:

Hell I just want to ride. It's been too long.

Beerj · Jul 20, 2016

Im84 said:
Gonna be drool

I'm starting to think so too.

pholmann said:
Hurry your Yankee ass up so we can ride together. Hell I just want to ride. It's been too long.

I heard them school teachers are always looking for side gigs during the summer. All the beer you can drink and a couch to crash on if you wanna come help me hurry. :drinkers: