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maxx_x · 09-02-2005, 06:37 PM

can a 3 or 4 link set up work on a stock maxx frame?
If anyone has one plz post a pic plz.
thanks in advance for any info!!

maxx_x · 09-02-2005, 06:39 PM

oh and i for got i CAN do some mods to make it work if it works.

Trike Kid · 09-02-2005, 07:48 PM

you could but it would require mounting some aluminum bits to actually mount the links. I'm doing an NVT(No Vertical Travel) chassis which will have a cut down stock chassis with some aluminum extensions to mount my 2 link and the pivot.

maxx_x · 09-02-2005, 08:10 PM

ok i am gunna ask (feels stupid) how dose a two link work then?

Eclipse · 09-02-2005, 08:13 PM

it doesnt...havent seen anything liek it before.

maxx_x · 09-02-2005, 08:50 PM

i guess i will just have to try it to see if it works.
if not ill try to make a frame. dose anyone know where i can get that rock raider chasssi? i cant find one any where.

Eclipse · 09-02-2005, 08:52 PM

i can get you a nice maxx chassis.. pm for details.

Trike Kid · 09-03-2005, 02:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maxx_x

ok i am gunna ask (feels stupid) how dose a two link work then?

Eclipse don't be so closed minded, you've never seen a stick chassis before? It uses a pivot on the top of the axel, for which I'm canablizing razor scooter parts, the links locate the axel and keep it centered, there is no vertical travel. The links are also there so you can limit travel(instead of it just spinning round and round and over articulating, destroying drive shafts)

maxx_x · 09-03-2005, 08:47 AM

ahh i see. but why no virtical travle?

Trike Kid · 09-03-2005, 01:31 PM

Its simpler, and I'm not jumping the maxx anymore, so no need for up or down travel. I may just do a regular old 3 link, but I like being diffrent, and I already have some of what I need to make an NVT system.

lilman · 09-04-2005, 04:46 PM

you could run a 2 link. you need sppecial links though. ive seen them before. one end forks off into 2, like a y or v shape and both ends are connected to the axle for stability(the axle cant move back and forth) and another setup could consist of 4 links but mounted to be used like a 2 link. one end of each link connected to the axle(top and bottom for the stability) and the other ends are mounted exactly next to each other, width wise.

TwistedCreations · 09-04-2005, 05:09 PM

but if you do the 2 link with them breaking into a Y, what is to stop the axle from going side to side then?

maxx_x · 09-04-2005, 09:17 PM

ok thanks 4 the info!!
can some one post some good pics of how all links up to the axel please??!!
thank you all again very much!!

lilman · 09-05-2005, 08:59 PM

panhard bar and it would still move with a 4 link wouldnt it? and what i meant by the axle moving back and forth was that it would not twist back and forth, like how a 4 link setup would be if you only had the top or bottom links connected, theyd go everywhere.

TwistedCreations · 09-06-2005, 04:13 AM

well i knew what ya meant cause you side back and forth. but you would need a panhard as you said to keep it going from side to side. but that would make it into a 3 link then

if you do a 4 link the right way, that axle will not move at all. I run a double triangulated setup on mine, and it doesn't move a bit. no need for a panhard

maxx_x · 09-06-2005, 06:08 PM

well thanks for the info but........ i have decided to make a custom boxed frame all milled out. i wish i could post pics

!!!!
but anywhoo i got out of that fase so now all i need to do is wate for the link ends pecies.

09-02-2005, 06:37 PM	#1
maxx_x Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: lake geneva Posts: 20	4 or 3 link on a stock maxx frame? can a 3 or 4 link set up work on a stock maxx frame? If anyone has one plz post a pic plz. thanks in advance for any info!!

09-02-2005, 08:10 PM	#4
maxx_x Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: lake geneva Posts: 20	ok i am gunna ask (feels stupid) how dose a two link work then? Last edited by maxx_x; 09-02-2005 at 08:11 PM. Reason: sp's

09-03-2005, 01:31 PM	#10
Trike Kid RCC Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 1,191	Its simpler, and I'm not jumping the maxx anymore, so no need for up or down travel. I may just do a regular old 3 link, but I like being diffrent, and I already have some of what I need to make an NVT system. Last edited by Trike Kid; 09-03-2005 at 05:34 PM.

09-04-2005, 04:46 PM	#11
lilman Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Salem Posts: 37	2 link you could run a 2 link. you need sppecial links though. ive seen them before. one end forks off into 2, like a y or v shape and both ends are connected to the axle for stability(the axle cant move back and forth) and another setup could consist of 4 links but mounted to be used like a 2 link. one end of each link connected to the axle(top and bottom for the stability) and the other ends are mounted exactly next to each other, width wise.

09-02-2005, 06:39 PM	#2
maxx_x Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: lake geneva Posts: 20	oh and i for got i CAN do some mods to make it work if it works.

09-02-2005, 07:48 PM	#3
Trike Kid RCC Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 1,191	you could but it would require mounting some aluminum bits to actually mount the links. I'm doing an NVT(No Vertical Travel) chassis which will have a cut down stock chassis with some aluminum extensions to mount my 2 link and the pivot.

09-02-2005, 08:13 PM	#5
Eclipse Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Grand Forks Posts: 221	it doesnt...havent seen anything liek it before.

09-02-2005, 08:50 PM	#6
maxx_x Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: lake geneva Posts: 20	i guess i will just have to try it to see if it works. if not ill try to make a frame. dose anyone know where i can get that rock raider chasssi? i cant find one any where.

09-02-2005, 08:52 PM	#7
Eclipse Quarry Creeper Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Grand Forks Posts: 221	i can get you a nice maxx chassis.. pm for details.

09-03-2005, 08:47 AM	#9
maxx_x Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: lake geneva Posts: 20	ahh i see. but why no virtical travle?

09-04-2005, 05:09 PM	#12
TwistedCreations Colt Python/SR9c Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo! Posts: 8,626	but if you do the 2 link with them breaking into a Y, what is to stop the axle from going side to side then?

09-04-2005, 09:17 PM	#13
maxx_x Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: lake geneva Posts: 20	ok thanks 4 the info!! can some one post some good pics of how all links up to the axel please??!! thank you all again very much!!

09-05-2005, 08:59 PM	#14
lilman Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Salem Posts: 37	panhard bar and it would still move with a 4 link wouldnt it? and what i meant by the axle moving back and forth was that it would not twist back and forth, like how a 4 link setup would be if you only had the top or bottom links connected, theyd go everywhere.

09-06-2005, 04:13 AM	#15
TwistedCreations Colt Python/SR9c Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: out in the shop, reloading ammo! Posts: 8,626	well i knew what ya meant cause you side back and forth. but you would need a panhard as you said to keep it going from side to side. but that would make it into a 3 link then if you do a 4 link the right way, that axle will not move at all. I run a double triangulated setup on mine, and it doesn't move a bit. no need for a panhard

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09-06-2005, 06:08 PM	#16
maxx_x Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: lake geneva Posts: 20	well thanks for the info but........ i have decided to make a custom boxed frame all milled out. i wish i could post pics !!!! but anywhoo i got out of that fase so now all i need to do is wate for the link ends pecies.

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